Noun: taradiddle ,ter-u'di-d(u)l or 'ta-ru,di-d(u)l [N. Amer], ,ta-ru'di-d(u)l or 'ta-ru,di-d(u)l [Brit]
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A trivial lie
"he told a taradiddle about eating his spinach";
- fib [informal], story, tale, tarradiddle [informal], porky [Brit, informal], porky pie [Brit, informal]
- Pretentious or silly talk or writing
"The politician's speech was full of taradiddle";
- baloney [informal], boloney [informal], bilgewater [informal], bosh [informal], drool, humbug, tarradiddle [informal], tommyrot [informal], tosh [Brit, informal], twaddle [informal]
Derived forms: taradiddles
Type of: bunk [informal], hokum [informal], lie[2], meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, prevarication