tarradiddle

/ˈtɛrəˌdɪdl/
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Other forms: tarradiddles

Definitions of tarradiddle
  1. noun
    a trivial lie
    synonyms: fib, story, tale, taradiddle
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    types:
    cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance
    an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
    type of:
    lie, prevarication
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
  2. noun
    pretentious or silly talk or writing
    synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
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    type of:
    bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
    a message that seems to convey no meaning
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