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ca·nard
noun \kə-ˈnärd also -ˈnär\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
Examples of CANARD
- The book repeats some of history's oldest canards.
- 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
Related to CANARD
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 Rhymes with CANARD
Adar,
Adzhar,
afar,
ajar,
all-star,
armoire,
attar,
bar car,
bazaar,
beaux arts,
bête noire,
beurre noir,
Bihar,
bizarre,
boudoir,
boxcar,
boyar,
Bronze Star,
bulbar,
Bulgar,
bursar,
bus bar,
cash bar,
catarrh,
Cathar,
chair car,
chukar,
cigar,
clochard,
club car,
coal tar,
cougar,
couloir,
crossbar,
crowbar,
Dakar,
daystar,
debar,
decare,
devoir,
dinar,
disbar,
Dog Star,
drawbar,
durbar,
earthstar,
Elgar,
eschar,
eyebar,
feldspar,
fern bar,
film noir,
five-star,
fixed star,
flatcar,
fluorspar,
four-star,
fulmar,
gaydar,
gazar,
guitar,
Gunnar,
Hagar,
handcar,
horsecar,
hussar,
Invar,
Iyar,
jaguar,
Kádár,
leaf scar,
Lehár,
lidar,
Lifar,
Loire,
lounge car,
lumbar,
jack-tar,
jowar,
Khowar,
lahar,
lekvar,
lodestar,
Magyar,
malar,
memoir,
Mylar,
NASCAR,
Navarre,
nightjar,
North Star,
pace car,
paillard,
peignoir,
pinch bar,
Pindar,
pine tar,
pissoir,
planar,
plantar,
polestar,
pourboire,
prowl car,
pulsar,
Qatar,
qintar,
quasar,
radar,
railcar,
raw bar,
rebar,
red star,
roll bar,
Safar,
Samar,
sandbar,
scalar,
scout car,
Sennar,
shofar,
sidebar,
sidecar,
sirdar,
sitar,
slop jar,
slot car,
snack bar,
sofar,
solar,
sonar,
sports bar,
sports car,
stock car,
streetcar,
Svalbard,
sway bar,
tank car,
T-bar,
toolbar,
town car,
tramcar,
trocar,
unbar,
volar,
voussoir,
Weimar
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