A CONFRONTATION OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS
The bigger they are, the harder they fall, & this big guy falls hard, via a "stone sunk into his forehead"
Goliath
Sure, "cheese" often precedes the name of this device, but you can zest some citrus peels or shred zucchini with it too
Grater
The best pitcher on a baseball team is known as this playing card
The ace
This period of time is a homophone for a word meaning lacking strength
week
Mike Myers came up with this character after hearing "The Look Of Love" & wondering, "Where have all the swingers gone?"
Austin Powers
In chapter 1 of his book, it's "great fish", 1, him, 0
Jonah
As a verb, it means to flick or whip; as a noun, it's a wire implement that has no issues with beating up eggs
A whisk
A practice opponent who makes you better, like Harvey Cody Jones for Muhammad Ali
A sparring partner
Pronounced one way, it's a unit of time; another, a very small amount
minute
Cheech Marin was born in L.A. but this "Up in Smoke" partner of his is from Edmonton, man
Tommy Chong
In a hairy situation in Judges 15, he sets the corn of the Philistines ablaze & does some serious smiting
Samson
Some models of this implement are called pancake turners
Spatulas
There's a cozy word in this term for a player or a person who sits around waiting to go in
A benchwarmer
In parliamentary procedure, to endorse a nomination another person has just made
to second
She's the international treasure who introduced amazing new ways to pronounce "gala" & "philosophic"
Catherine O'Hara
He tells Moses, "I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go", but seeing as how that appears in a book called Exodus...
Pharaoh
This alliterative carving board with an occupation in its name can have grooves to catch juices & other excesses
butcher blocks
In 2021 the U.S. Secretary of State used this tennis expression to say it's North Korea's turn to make a move on nuclear talks
The ball is in their court
It's not a special pet accessory, it's naval duty from 4 to 6 or 6 to 8
dogwatch
At the 2021 Emmys, John Oliver & Lorne Michaels both paid tribute to this late comic & "SNL" Weekend Update host
Norm Macdonald
"When Joshua was by" this place, "there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand"
Jericho
In 2010 Philips introduced this line of products that lets you prepare bacon & wings with less fat & oil
Air fryer
Sporty term for the action that's deliberately, perhaps sarcastically, restrained
Golf clap
"Back in a" this 5-letter word! here's a flash--it's how long light takes to go 1 femtometer, a millionth of a millionth of a mm
Jiffy
This Canadian sketch group gave us "Crushing Your Head" & "30 Helens Agree", where 30 women in a field agreed en masse, "Love hurts!"
Kids in the Hall