You can use ~ to emphasize how big something is. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The supermarkets may be making ~ profits.
= enormous
ADJ: ADJ n emphasis
•
Whacking is also an adverb.
...a ~ great hole.
ADV: ADV adj
You can use ~ to emphasize how big something is. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The supermarkets may be making ~ profits.
= enormous
ADJ: ADJ n emphasis
•
Whacking is also an adverb.
...a ~ great hole.
ADV: ADV adj
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012