canard Definition
ca·nard (kə närd′)
noun
- a false, esp. malicious, report that has been fabricated with the intention of doing harm
- an airplane whose horizontal stabilizer is located forward of the wing or wings
- the horizontal control and stabilizing surfaces in such an aircraft
Etymology: Fr, a duck, hoax; prob. < can, echoic for duck's quack + -ard, -ard; short for (vendre) un canard (à moitié), lit., (to half-sell) a duck, i.e., to cheat
canard Usage Examples
Converse of object
repeat: The Glasgow newspaper found it proper to repeat this canard, without citing its source, as an expression of faith in its accuracy.
Adjective modifier
- old: Reay brings up the old canard about the total fuel cycle costs for nuclear energy.
- right-wing: Monbiot has comprehensively answered the right-wing canard that the Global Justice Movement only knows what it doesn't want.
Modifies a noun
à: On the menu: Canard à l'orange, fresh fish and Crème brûlée, my personal favorite!
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