Definition for

canard


noun – An absurd story or statement intended as an imposition; a fabricated story to which currency is given, as by a newspaper: a hoax.

noun – 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.

noun – An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

noun – A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

noun – A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

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