n. An absurd story or statement intended as an imposition; a fabricated story to which currency is given, as by a newspaper: a hoax.n. Hence A broadside cried in the streets: so called from the generally sensational nature of its contents.To fly or float about, or circulate as a canard or false report: as, certain stories canarding about the hotels.To imitate or produce the peculiar harsh cry of the duck, as an unskilled player on a wind-instrument.