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    TARADIDDLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pretentious or silly talk or writingplay

    Synonyms:

    baloney; bilgewater; boloney; bosh; drool; humbug; taradiddle; tarradiddle; tommyrot; tosh; twaddle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("taradiddle" is a kind of...):

    bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

    Domain usage:

    argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A trivial lieplay

    Example:

    how can I stop my child from telling stories?

    Synonyms:

    fib; story; tale; taradiddle; tarradiddle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("taradiddle" is a kind of...):

    lie; prevarication (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taradiddle"):

    cock-and-bull story; fairy story; fairy tale; fairytale; song and dance (an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse)

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