whopper

n. Slang.

1. Something exceptionally big or remarkable.
2. A gross untruth.

[From WHOPPING.]

noun

1. One that is extraordinarily large and powerful: behemoth, giant, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, titan. See beings, big/small/amount.
2. An untrue declaration: canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie², misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. Informal fish story, tall tale. See true/false.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a gross untruth

Meaning #2: something especially big or impressive of its kind
  Synonym: whacker

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stor tamp, pragteksemplar, kæmpe løgn, hamburger

Nederlands (Dutch)
kolos, grote leugen

Français (French)
n. - personne qui pousse des cris de joie, (Zool) cygne à cou jaune et noir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Koloß, faustdicke Lüge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κολοσσός, μεγαθήριο, (καθομ.) μεγάλο ψέμα, μούσι

Italiano (Italian)
colosso, fandonia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alguma coisa grande (f), grande mentira (f)

Русский (Russian)
громадина, чудовище, бессовестная ложь

Español (Spanish)
n. - cosa enorme o gigantesca, bola

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - piskare (sl.), enorm sak

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
特大之物, 漫天大谎

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 特大之物, 漫天大謊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 때리는 사람, 터무니없이 큰 물건, 터무니 없는 허풍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 打つ人, 大ぼら, でっかいもの, 大法螺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كذبه كبيرة, شي ضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גדול, כביר, שקר גס‬

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