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
  • The Chinese government has refuted the claims as lies and defended its practice and policy in Xinjiang as fighting terror and ensuring stability.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Paytas alleged that Ethan would spread lies about her family after the podcast ended and mocked her most traumatizing moments, like being molested by a teacher as a child.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of lies
Noun
  • He is venerated as a patron saint of sailors, mariners, travelers, and whales.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In nature, larger animals, such as elephants and whales, tend to live longer than smaller animals, such as mice and shrews, Teeling says.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • In your garden-variety ghost story, the protagonist is generally the haunted, not the haunt, and the tales themselves are generally about how unhappy the protagonist is to find he or she is haunted.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Soon, tales of loss, memory and hopeful closure become central to the buildup, along with worried feelings of climbers’ loved ones.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of tales
Noun
  • Anthropic itself revealed in an IPO prospectus this week that almost half of its revenue comes from fellow tech giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The company, which declined to disclose a valuation, also announced that financial giants Synchrony and Experian had joined the latest round as strategic investors.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • Harmless stories, dangerous behavior Some datasets explored seemingly ordinary subjects, including beekeeping, professional wrestling, and historical public-health cases.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Pedestrians can peer down through a 2- to 3-foot-wide crevice and see stories down to the railroad tracks.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of stories
Noun
  • Set on a mysterious island ravaged by floods and warring armies, a masked boy and girl must traverse atmospheric environments, rescue friends, and confront nightmarish monsters.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Wētā is famous for its monsters and sci-fi creatures, so making a romantic lead gave the creatives a unique challenge.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • The creature belonged to a family of nonavian dinosaurs known as the caenagnathids characterized by sleek physiologies and toothless beaks.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The sale is just more evidence that dinosaurs have become serious trophy objects for wealthy collectors, joining blue-chip paintings, rare watches, and sports memorabilia at the top end of the luxury market.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of mammoths

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