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ca·nard

noun \kə-ˈnärd also -ˈnär\

Definition of CANARD

1 a : a false or unfounded report or story; especially : a fabricated report b : a groundless rumor or belief

2 : an airplane with horizontal stabilizing and control surfaces in front of supporting surfaces; also : a small airfoil in front of the wing of an aircraft that can increase the aircraft's performance

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Examples of CANARD

1. The book repeats some of history's oldest canards.
2. the widespread canard that every lawyer is dishonest

Origin of CANARD

French, literally, duck; in sense 1, from Middle French vendre des canards à moitié to cheat, literally, to half-sell ducks

First Known Use: 1851

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Synonyms: tale, story, whisper

Related Words: dirt, gossip, scuttlebutt, talebearing, talk, tattle; dirty laundry, dirty linen; defamation, libel, slander; hearsay; fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, mendacity, prevarication, untruth, whopper

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