tarradiddle

American  

[tar-uh-did-l] / ˌtær əˈdɪd l /

noun

1. a variant of taradiddle.

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tarradiddle British  

/ ˈtærəˌdɪdəl /

noun

1. a trifling lie

2. nonsense; twaddle

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Etymology

Origin of tarradiddle

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Last week Martin followed up his telephone call to Straight with a signed rebuttal in the New Statesman and a 1900-word cable to the New Republic denouncing Strout's "tarradiddle."

From Time Magazine Archive

The King Liveth is Author Farnol's 28th novel, a tumultuous tarradiddle laid in 9th-Century England.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a middle Course—say "fib" or "tarradiddle," "Not quite true," "A sort of riddle Facts to smother."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 by Various

There were no tourists' agencies in those days," she remarked, regretfully, "so I suppose Shakspere had to trust to hearsay, and somebody must have told him a big tarradiddle.

From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic

A tarradiddle is what you say when you are, so to speak, took by surprise.

From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.