yarn

yarn

noun

Definition of YARN

1

a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally <Grandpa likes to tell yarns about when he was young>

Synonyms anecdote, tale, yarn

Related Words episode, event, happening, incident, occurrence; recital, recitation

2

a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel <a ripping yarn about space travel and alien monsters>

Synonyms narrative, novelette, novella, short story, tale, yarn

Related Words bedtime story; exemplum, fable, parable; anecdote, joke; fairy tale, folktale, legend, myth, romance; account, annals, chronicle, history, record, report