taradiddle

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tar·a·did·dle

(tăr′ə-dĭd′l)

Variant of tarradiddle.

taradiddle

(ˈtærəˌdɪdəl)

another spelling of tarradiddle

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Noun	1.	taradiddle - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" fib, tarradiddle, tale, story lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance - an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
	2.	taradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, tarradiddle hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

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Taradiddle, half-truth, inaccuracy, misconstruction.

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Perfect for car trips or those last few minutes before Mom calls everyone to dinner, these ideal stocking stuffers include Fowl Play, the cooped-up chicken counting card game; Taradiddle, the bluffing card game; K-9 Capers, a memory card game about dogs and their tricks; and Lickety Split, the quick-shuffling card game.