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taradiddle

taradiddle is the alternative form of tarradiddle.

Meaning of tarradiddle

Noun

tarradiddle (countable and uncountable, plural tarradiddles)

  1. A trivial lie, a fib.
    • "I dare say my nephew told you a good many tarradiddles in his time. Oh, yes, a good many, eh? He was always a liar. What, now, did he say of me? Tell me, now."1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
  2. Silly talk or writing; humbug.
    • Of course, that's all taradiddle; he lies like a horse, for I know this Dushkin, he is a pawnbroker and a receiver of stolen goods […]1866, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

Forms of taradiddle

pluraltaradiddles

Questions about taradiddle

What is taradiddle the alternative form of?
Taradiddle is the alternative form of tarradiddle.

Words near taradiddle in the dictionary

  1. Tarache
  2. Taraclia
  3. tarada
  4. Taradale
  5. taradas
  6. taradiddle
  7. taradiddler
  8. taradiddlers
  9. taradiddles
  10. taraf
  11. tarafdar

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