Definition of Canard

1. Noun. A deliberately misleading fabrication.

Generic synonyms: Fable, Fabrication, Fiction

Definition of Canard

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

Definition of Canard

1. Noun. A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so. ¹

2. Noun. (aeronautics) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing. ¹

3. Noun. (transport engineering) Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canard

1. a false story [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canard

canalized
canalizes
canalizing
canalled
canaller
canallers
canalling
canals
canals for lesser palatine nerves
canals of Scarpa
canals of Schlemm
canalside
canape
canapes
canaphite
canard (current term)
canards
canaried
canary
canary-yellow
canary bird
canary creeper
canary in a coal mine
canary seed
canary whitewood
canary yellow
canarybird flower
canarybird vine
canarying

Literary usage of Canard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mound Builders: Being an Account of a Remarkable People that Once by John Patterson MacLean (1904)
"Two Classes of Frauds— canard — Moon Hoax — Runic Inscriptions— Vault in the ... The word canard is of French origin and means a duck, but in the English ..."

2. The History of Methodism in Canada: With an Account of the Rise and Progress by George Frederick Playter (1862)
"The first Indian society was formed in the summer, on the Grand River ; but the second was the Wyandott class, on the river canard. The class was cared for ..."

3. Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economical Theory edited by William Smart (1922)
"But as to why labour accumulated in these three forms should bear rent we are told almost nothing by canard. Land- rent he accepts as a natural fact not ..."

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