taradiddle
tar·a·did·dle
noun \ˌta-rə-ˈdi-dəl, ˈta-rə-ˌ\Definition of TARADIDDLE
1
: fib
2
: pretentious nonsense
Variants of TARADIDDLE
tar·a·did·dle or tar·ra·did·dle \ˌta-rə-ˈdi-dəl, ˈta-rə-ˌ\
Examples of TARADIDDLE
- <his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications>
- <regards literary deconstruction as so much tenure-track taradiddle>
Origin of TARADIDDLE
origin unknown
First Known Use: circa 1796
Related to TARADIDDLE
Synonyms: fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, mendacity, prevarication, story, tale, lie (or tarradiddle), untruth, whopper
Antonyms: truth
Related Words: distortion, exaggeration, half-truth; ambiguity, equivocation, obliquity; defamation, libel, slander; perjury; bluff, fiction, pose, pretense (or pretence); humbug, jive, nonsense; canard, fallacy, misconception, myth; falsification, misinformation, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement; deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, duplicity, fraudulence
Near Antonyms: fact, truism, verity; honesty, truthfulness, veracity; authentication, confirmation, substantiation, validation, verification
Rhymes with TARADIDDLE
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