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
  • Says strange things and has funny little mannerisms, but within lies a devastatingly sharp mind which can produce something special that people will be talking about for years.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This is one truth that never has aligned with the lies peddled by those who hope to turn children’s sports into a battleground.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of lies
Noun
  • These trips also have plenty of opportunities to see whales, orcas, and other sea life, with scenic cruising in the Alexander Archipelago’s Frederick Sound.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Four other whales from that transport were brought to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
    — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • No two tales of what happened to Maelor after his knight protector was shot dead agree, but the young boy was also slain on the bridge, perhaps torn apart by the mob who assailed him, arguing over what to do with the young prince.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Writers who tell tales without accounting for the omnipresence of digital eyes and data trails do so at their peril.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tales
Noun
  • Even before the Ukraine war, international shipping giants were skeptical and the route remains controversial.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Women execs were excited about this world-shifting moment in technology, and didn’t want another generation of tech giants to pass them by.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • The ByteDance app, for example, is directing users of its former AI companion service to another of its apps which solely focuses on building personalized AI characters and stories.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Here’s a quick guide to recent Star-Telegram stories every Texas driver should know.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of stories
Noun
  • As creatures from Indonesian mythology emerge to threaten his students’ community, Chris and his pupils find their fight extends beyond monsters to their own inner struggles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The viruses the researchers created are not Frankenstein’s monsters.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor and a pack of rogue dinosaurs won’t be able to catch the web-slinging Spider-Man at the top of box office charts.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The End of Oak Street is about a suburban neighborhood that comes under siege by dinosaurs.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of mammoths

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