About The Word Canard
Learn about the word Canard to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Canard definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Canard
| Canard Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Lacquer ‐ a hard glossy coating [n] a black resinous substance obtained…
- Shoshoni ‐ a member of the North American Indian people (related to the…
- Rock 'n' roll ‐ a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of…
- Plumpness ‐ the bodily property of being…
- Misogynous ‐ hating women in…
- Chronic glaucoma ‐ glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces…
- Photocathode ‐ a cathode that emits electrons when…
- Genus xanthium ‐ coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed…
- Obovate ‐ of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the narrower end…
- Neo ‐ (used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining…