Canard

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
  • n. A short winglike control surface projecting from the fuselage of an aircraft, such as a space shuttle, mounted forward of the main wing and serving as a horizontal stabilizer.
  • n. An aircraft whose horizontal stabilizing surfaces are forward of the main wing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
  • n. A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
  • n. Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a deliberately misleading fabrication
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fabrication    fiction    fable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    report   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bernard    Brossard    Chard    Gerard    Gillard    Girard    Godard    Picard    Yard    ard   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fonctionnera    bete    assigné    flamme    fricandeau    lanterne    chameaux    servent    inconsistence    remet