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whoppers

noun

plural of whopper
1
as in lies
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive told a whopper to get out of jury duty

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2
as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful a whopper of a fish that won first prize in the derby the season finale ended with a whopper of a cliffhanger

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Recent Examples of whoppers One of my favorite head coach whoppers. — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025 And then there were the epic flavor fails, including a couple of real whoppers. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025 From hyperloops to solar roofs to trillion-dollar savings from federal budget cuts by DOGE, Musk has developed a reputation for excessive boasts and telling outright whoppers. — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whoppers
  1. lies
  2. whales
  3. tales
  4. giants
  5. stories
  6. monsters
  7. dinosaurs
  8. mammoths
Noun
  • Bored with his beautiful wife and the weight of his lies, Edward longs for a way out, even as Richard continues to pine for Beatrice.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This is a melodrama of malicious secrets and manipulative lies that may lead to divorce, desertion and even death.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of lies
Noun
  • The public is advised to stay alert, particularly in active waterways with boat traffic, as whales can surface unexpectedly.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The scientists also found evidence of specialized, super-sized neurons involved in social cognition only found in large-brain mammals like elephants, whales, and primates, including humans.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • But as with many such tales of extraordinary success, the origin story is much darker.
    — Tracy Weber, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Inspired by the triad tales of a family driver, the girls decide to form a gang.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of tales
Noun
  • As tech giants race to expand computing infrastructure, Nvidia has emerged as the single biggest beneficiary of the current AI boom.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Its technology unit, Aramco Digital, has agreements with global tech giants including Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Groq — subsequently acquired by Nvidia — to collaborate in Saudi Arabia.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • Little ones can color, solve puzzles, read stories, and more in this booklet.
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Marrs Barron said there were many heartfelt stories of neighbors helping neighbors and municipalities helping each other when equipment broke down, with others bringing ice and water for workers at the compost sites.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of stories
Noun
  • Their first game was Crawl, a dungeon-crawler game where your friends control the monsters.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • The findings add to the growing body of research into how dinosaurs functioned.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Eagle says that's higher than a reptile or some slower mammals like sloths, but lower than birds, which evolved from dinosaurs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The site preserves the remains of Columbian mammoths and offers a look at Ice Age life in Texas.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of mammoths

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