Crossword-Solution: WHOPPER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Whopper | n. | Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. |
| Whopper | n. | One who, or that which, whops. |
| Whopper | n. | Same as Whapper. |
We have 22 clues for the answer “WHOPPER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ___ Freakout (ad campaign where Burger King pretended to stop selling their signature product) | 1 answer |
| Story that's not straight | 1 answer |
| Prodigious prevarication | 1 answer |
| P. Drake's portrayer in a big lie | 1 answer |
| Ludicrous falsehood | 1 answer |
| Humongous untruth | 1 answer |
| Fast food introduction of 1957 | 1 answer |
| Face of white bunny - very big one (7) | 1 answer |
| Blatant lie | 1 answer |
| Big Mac competitor | 1 answer |
| Big fib | 2 answers |
| Very tall tale | 3 answers |
| BIG lie | 3 answers |
| thumper | 4 answers |
| HUGE thing | 4 answers |
| Goliath | 5 answers |
| Burger King offering | 6 answers |
| A blatant lie | 11 answers |
| Elephant | 15 answers |
| Corker | 20 answers |
| tall tale | 30 answers |
| Whale | 38 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with WHOPPER (5)
When he got done telling it there was one of them uncomfortable silences that comes, you know, when a person has been telling a whopper and you feel sorry for him and wish you could think of some way to change the subject and let him down easy, but git stuck and don’t see no way, and before you can pull your mind together and _do_ something, that silence has got in and spread itself and done the business.
Can you imagine,” she asked, growing more and more unhappy, “what would happen to me if Alfred were to come home now and not find a baby? He wouldn't forgive a LITTLE lie, what would he do with a WHOPPER like this?” Then with sudden decision, she rushed toward the 'phone.
Pemberton was silent, then he went on: “I say, what are you hunting for? They pay me beautifully.” “I’m hunting for the Greek for awful whopper,” Morgan dropped.
But all our old men from all the way back tell us these things, as I, an old man, tell them to my sons and grandsons, who will tell them to their sons and grandsons all the way ahead to come.” “You believe,” I persisted, “that whopper of Maui roping the sun like a wild steer, and that other whopper of heaving up the sky from off the earth?” “I am of little worth, and am not wise, O Lakana,” my fisherman made answer.
And anyway, it is much easier and more reasonable to believe the little whopper than the big whopper.” And what could I reply? He had me on the matter of reasonableness.
Quotes with WHOPPER (3)
Something was in her mouth. Sami's tongue slid along the edges of something plastic. Flat, low ridges, holes-an adjustable strap. A baseball cap? Another taste. Hair spray. Gross. Someone had stuffed her baseball cap in her mouth, and from the feel of it they had taped it in place. Her arms were tied behind her and she lay face down on the floor-of what? Her car. The carpeting scraped her cheek every time they hit a bump. Panic flooded Sami's senses. She came instantly awake.…
One of the problems with all of this is that not all narratives are equal. Imagine, to take a silly example, that someone told you story after story extolling the virtues of eating dog shit. You've been told these stories since you were a child. You believe them. You eat dog shit hotdogs, dog shit ice cream, General Tso's dog shit. Sooner or later, if you are exposed to some other foods, you might figure out that dog shit really doesn't taste good. Or if you cling too tightly…
A liar often smiles subtly while telling a lie; it's an unconscious expression of his delight in getting away with a whopper.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, WSJ.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1990–2024).