TARADIDDLE


Meaning of TARADIDDLE in English

noun

also tar·ra·did·dle ˌtarəˈdid ə l

( -s )

Etymology: origin unknown

1. : a minor falsehood : fib

not only told her taradiddle about having hunted … she even came near believing it — George Orwell

all the idle rumors and taradiddles heard in the … country — R.G.Howarth

2. : pretentious nonsense : insincere or false matter

some stale and fantastic taradiddle on the theme of espionage, which is worked to death — Foreign Affairs

declares a ringing hail and farewell to the hero with all the domestic and military taradiddle — Time

accustomed to so much taradiddle and so-called aesthetic interpretation in the field of music … that we are likely to shy away — William Howell

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.