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Definition of taradiddle in English: taradiddle(also tarradiddle) noun ˈtarəˌdɪd(ə)lˈtɛrəˌdɪdl British informal 1A petty lie. no sane person would make up such a taradiddle Example sentencesExamples - Let us therefore avoid giving ear to a lot of taradiddles about our soldiers in the trenches.
- "I dare say my nephew told you a good many taradiddles in his time."
- A trip up the Thames from Southend-On-Sea to the Houses of Parliament provides him with many fine opportunities to indulge in his own idiosyncratic brand of taradiddles and horseplay.
- The problem is that they have to deal with racing drivers on a regular basis, and if there's one thing you don't want if you have any intention of maintaining your mental stability, it's listening to the humgudgeon, half-truths, taradiddles, quarter-truths, fiddlesticks and non-truths of even one racing driver, never mind a gridful of the blighters.
- I've been around the block enough times to know better than give credibility to these twisted taradiddles.
- 1.1mass noun Pretentious nonsense.
this taradiddle from him about his new radio show Example sentencesExamples - Her tarradiddle was of a nature that is usually considered excusable - at least with grown-up people; but, nevertheless, she would have been nearer to perfection could she have confined herself to the truth.
Synonyms nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, blather, blether, moonshine
Origin Late 18th century: perhaps related to diddle. Definition of taradiddle in US English: taradiddle(also tarradiddle) nounˈterəˌdidlˈtɛrəˌdɪdl British informal 1A petty lie. no sane person would make up such a taradiddle Example sentencesExamples - Let us therefore avoid giving ear to a lot of taradiddles about our soldiers in the trenches.
- The problem is that they have to deal with racing drivers on a regular basis, and if there's one thing you don't want if you have any intention of maintaining your mental stability, it's listening to the humgudgeon, half-truths, taradiddles, quarter-truths, fiddlesticks and non-truths of even one racing driver, never mind a gridful of the blighters.
- I've been around the block enough times to know better than give credibility to these twisted taradiddles.
- "I dare say my nephew told you a good many taradiddles in his time."
- A trip up the Thames from Southend-On-Sea to the Houses of Parliament provides him with many fine opportunities to indulge in his own idiosyncratic brand of taradiddles and horseplay.
- 1.1 Pretentious nonsense.
this taradiddle from him about his new radio show Example sentencesExamples - Her tarradiddle was of a nature that is usually considered excusable - at least with grown-up people; but, nevertheless, she would have been nearer to perfection could she have confined herself to the truth.
Synonyms nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, blather, blether, moonshine
Origin Late 18th century: perhaps related to diddle. |