whacker
/'w k /
Definition
- Noun:
- A person or thing that is notably large, heavy, or impressive of its kind: "Whacker" is an informal, often humorous term used to describe something or someone that is conspicuously big, substantial, or remarkable in size or scale.
- A strange or remarkable thing: In some contexts, it can refer to something considered odd, outlandish, or extraordinary.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- That's a real whacker of a sandwich; I can't even fit it in my mouth! (That is an exceptionally large sandwich.)
- He caught a whacker of a fish on his first cast. (He caught an impressively large fish.)
- Did you hear about the hailstorm last night? The hailstones were absolute whackers! (The hailstones were remarkably large.)
Advanced Usage
- Used for emphasis: The word is often used with "of a" to add humorous or emphatic exaggeration about size.
- That's a whacker of a problem you've got there. (That is a very significant or difficult problem.)
- Regional/Colloquial tone: Its use is predominantly informal, colloquial, and can be found in British, Australian, and New Zealand English.
Variants and Related Words
- Whopper (n): A very large specimen of something; a great lie. This is a very close synonym.
- She told a whopper to get out of trouble.
- Thumper (n): Something that thumps or is notably large (similar informal usage).
- That was a thumper of a bass drum.
Synonyms
- Whopper: An extremely large thing.
- Monster: Something unusually large.
- Jumbo: Very large.
- Colossus: A person or thing of enormous size.
Related Phrases
- A whacker of a [noun]: A common informal construction to describe an impressively large or extreme example of something.
- We had a whacker of a thunderstorm last night.
Noun
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something especially big or impressive of its kind
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