tall tale

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Noun

1.

tall tale - an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story narration, narrative, story, tale - a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"

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tall tale

noun

1. Informal. An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence:

anecdote, fable, story, tale.

Informal: yarn.

2. Informal. An untrue declaration:

canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.

Informal: fish story.

Slang: whopper.

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