| Canard (n.) An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public. Thesaurus Entries Cornish hen, artifice, bouncer, broiler, bruit, buzz, caille, caneton, capon, chapon, chicken, common talk, concoction, cry, dindon, dodge, duck, duckling, extravaganza, fable, fabrication, faisan, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, figment, flying rumor, forgery, fowl, fryer, goose, grapevine, grouse, guinea hen, hearsay, hoax, humbug, idea afloat, invention, latrine rumor, lie, misrepresentation, myth, news stirring, oie, on-dit, partridge, pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, poulet, prevarication, quail, report, roaster, romance, roorback, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, sell, spoof, squab, stewing chicken, tale, talk, town talk, trick, turkey, unconfirmed report, untruth, volaille, whisper, wild duck |