About The Word Canard

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Canard

Canard Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Canard?
[n] a deliberately misleading fabrication
Synonyms | Synonyms for Canard: Related Terms | Find terms related to Canard: artifice | bouncer | broiler | bruit | buzz | caille | caneton | capon | chapon | chicken | common talk | concoction | Cornish hen | cry | dindon | dodge | duck | duckling | extravaganza | fable | fabrication | faisan | falsehood | falsity | fib | fiction | figment | flying rumor | forgery | fowl | fryer | goose | grapevine | grouse | guinea hen | hearsay | hoax | humbug | idea afloat | invention | latrine rumor | lie | misrepresentation | myth | news stirring | oie | on-dit | partridge | pheasant | pigeon | pigeonneau | poulet | prevarication | quail | report | roaster | romance | roorback | rumble | rumor | scuttlebutt | sell | spoof | squab | stewing chicken | tale | talk | town talk | trick | turkey | unconfirmed report | untruth | volaille | whisper | wild duck See Also | fable | fabrication | fiction Canard In Webster's Dictionary \Ca*nard"\, n. [F., properly, a duck.]
An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated
sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the
newspapers to hoax the public.
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