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tarradiddle

/ˈtæ.ɹə.dɪ.dəl/

tarradiddle noun: a trivial lie, a fib.

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
    • ‘We haven’t got time to listen to more taradiddles, I’m afraid, Dumbledore. I want this dealt with quickly –’2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, London: Bloomsbury, page 161)

tarradiddle meaning in Tamil and Bengali

tarradiddle in Tamil

சிறு பொய், புளுகு, அபத்தமான பேச்சு, எழுத்து

tarradiddle in Bengali

একটি তুচ্ছ মিথ্যা, জেলেমি পূর্ণ কথা, লেখা, প্রতারণা

Forms of tarradiddle

pluraltarradiddles
alternative formtaradiddle

Origin of tarradiddle

Perhaps derived from diddle (“to cheat”).

Questions about tarradiddle

What does tarradiddle mean?
Tarradiddle means a trivial lie, a fib.
What is tarradiddle in Tamil?
Tarradiddle in Tamil is சிறு பொய், புளுகு, அபத்தமான பேச்சு. See Tarradiddle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tarradiddle?
Tarradiddle is a noun.
How do you pronounce tarradiddle?
Tarradiddle is pronounced /ˈtæ.ɹə.dɪ.dəl/.
What is the plural of tarradiddle?
The plural of tarradiddle is tarradiddles.

Words near tarradiddle in the dictionary

  1. tarr
  2. Tarra Valley
  3. tarrable
  4. tarrace
  5. tarraces
  6. tarradiddle
  7. tarradiddler
  8. tarradiddlers
  9. tarradiddles
  10. Tarrafal
  11. Tarrafal de São Nicolau

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tarradiddle (page history and authors); tarradiddle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tarradiddle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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