- present participle of whop.
whopping
Example Sentences
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Broad approach: An active fund holding a whopping 800 stocks is beating major indexes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The record number of candidates also posed practical challenges, such as the need to use large tables to count ballot papers that measured a whopping 90cm in length.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The lawsuit seeks a whopping $1.4 trillion in damages from the company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
South Korea's SK hynix said Wednesday second-quarter net profit soared a whopping 1,242 percent year-on-year, driven by the artificial intelligence industry's explosive demand for its advanced memory chips.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Becky joins in, whirling herself around, and then Shiloh, smiling his dog-smile, everybody whopping and carrying on.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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