Definition of “whopper”

Usage examples

• But then why did Samson tell that whopper on his deathbed?

  Howatch, Susan, Absolute Truths (1994)

• It has conspiracy, betrayal, love and hatred in one whopper of a novel.

  India Today (1999)

• Mr Howard's attitude was ``don't tell a small lie -- tell a whopper ', he said.

  The Australian (2004)

• I've hankered after a whopper since I caught my first from the River Tees as a boy.

  Times, Sunday Times (2004)