Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - whopper
Связанные словари
Whopper
whopper
(whoppers) 1. If you describe a lie as a whopper, you mean that it is very far from the truth. (INFORMAL) ...the biggest whopper the president told. N-COUNT 2. If you refer to something as a whopper, you mean that it is an unusually large example of the thing mentioned. (INFORMAL) As comets go, it is a whopper. N-COUNT
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
noun Etymology: 1whop Date: circa 1712 1. something unusually large or otherwise extreme of its kind 2. an extravagant or monstrous lie ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ n informal 1 something unusually big (The fish Mike caught was a real whopper!) 2 a lie ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1785, formed as if from whop (v.) "beat, overcome," first recorded 1575, of uncertain origin. Meaning "big lie" is recorded first in 1791. Whopping "large, big, impressive" is from 1706. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 1177 | |
2 | 828 | |
3 | 802 | |
4 | 795 | |
5 | 746 | |
6 | 714 | |
7 | 711 | |
8 | 705 | |
9 | 675 | |
10 | 673 | |
11 | 667 | |
12 | 650 | |
13 | 647 | |
14 | 634 | |
15 | 631 | |
16 | 622 | |
17 | 620 | |
18 | 617 | |
19 | 613 | |
20 | 613 |