taradiddle

tar·a·did·dle

noun \ˌta-rə-ˈdi-d^əl, 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-d^əl, ˈta-rə-ˌ\

Examples of TARADIDDLE

1. <his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications>
2. <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

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Rhymes with TARADIDDLE

paradiddle, second fiddle