1
as in lie
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 giant
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 whopper
Meanwhile, at the local bar, a fisherman finds an unlikely ally in catching the whopper that’ll change his life.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Even geniuses make mistakes, and the executive order is a whopper.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
But here are two of the whoppers: The Cardinals, White Sox and Dodgers worked a three-way trade that answered a lot of questions (and raised a few others).
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
He’s protected by a whopper buyout of about $35 million.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
Even geniuses make mistakes, and the executive order is a whopper.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
But here are two of the whoppers: The Cardinals, White Sox and Dodgers worked a three-way trade that answered a lot of questions (and raised a few others).
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
He’s protected by a whopper buyout of about $35 million.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whopper
Noun
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In some contexts, [Lay] is the past tense of lie, as in recline.—
Sam Corbin,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps that’s what makes my lies defective and disjointed.—
Domenico Starnone,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
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The reality series debuted its first season on the streaming giant (and ninth season overall) on March 12.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
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During the trial, Google’s lawyers argued that the government focused its case too narrowly on certain ads displayed on websites, ignoring the tech giant’s competition with social media platforms, streaming services and e-commerce giants such as Amazon.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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But the most sobering cautionary tale comes from 1894, when a lighthouse keeper’s pet cat named Tibbles was introduced to Stephens Island in New Zealand.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Comments On Swift Horses is rife with drama — a tale of a love triangle between a young woman, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones), her Korean War veteran husband Lee (Will Poulter), and his iconoclastic brother Julius (Jacob Elordi).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Two years ago after a request from Congressional opponents of wind energy, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) began investigating whether the offshore wind industry kills whales.—
Jeongyoon Han,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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Five whales were spotted traveling with Check, making the rescue mission unsafe, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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At the center of the most compelling stories lies a single, unshakable force: transformation.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Top stories About the writer Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Switch was a monster, so the assumption is that sure, players will pay a full 50% more for a new one, if not more.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The trailer depicts sequences involving multiple predators fighting or threatening one another, Elle Fanning looking very strange and cool as an android, and glimpses of new monsters and the alien world the movie focuses on.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2025
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Colossal plans to use similar techniques to bring back the Ice Age woolly mammoth in 2028, editing living cell nuclei from Asian elephants—the mammoth’s closest living kin—to express mammoth traits preserved in nearly 60 sets of Ice Age remains.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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Colossal scientists have done a computational analysis of the ancient genetic makeup of 59 woolly, Columbian, and steppe mammoths, ranging from 3,500 to over 1,200,000 years old.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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Subjects range from a dinosaur fossil dig in Central China, the opening of Cuba to American tourists, the new energy in Vienna and the best seafood spots on Canada’s Prince Edward Island to a luxury camp in Antarctica and the best new restaurant in New York.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The landscapes, bracketed by Russia and China borderlines, have stories to tell, from the Steppe grasslands, where Chinggis Khaan (aka Genghis Khan) once rode, to the Gobi Desert, where arid landscapes belie subterranean layers rich in coal, gold, and dinosaur bones.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Whopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whopper. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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