TARADIDDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taradiddle mean? 

• TARADIDDLE (noun)
  The noun TARADIDDLE has 2 senses:

1. a trivial lie

2. pretentious or silly talk or writing

  Familiarity information: TARADIDDLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARADIDDLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trivial lie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fib; story; tale; taradiddle; tarradiddle

Context example:

how can I stop my child from telling stories?

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pretentious or silly talk or writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

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

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))