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Definition of 'canard'

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canard

(kænɑːʳd , US kənɑːrd )
Word forms: plural canards
countable noun
A canard is an idea or a piece of information that is false, especially one that is spread deliberately in order to harm someone or their work.
The charge that Harding was a political stooge may be a canard.
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canard in British

(kæˈnɑːd , French kanar)
noun
1. 
a false report; rumour or hoax
2. 
an aircraft in which the tailplane is mounted in front of the wing
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Word origin of 'canard'
C19: from French: a duck, hoax, from Old French caner to quack, of imitative origin
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canard in American

(kəˈnɑrd ; kənärdˈ)
noun
1. 
a false, esp. malicious, report that has been fabricated with the intention of doing harm
2. 
a. 
an airplane whose horizontal stabilizer is located forward of the wing or wings
b. 
the horizontal control and stabilizing surfaces in such an aircraft
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'canard'
Fr, a duck, hoax; prob. < can, echoic for duck's quack + -ard, -ard; short for (vendre) un canard (à moitié), lit., (to half-sell) a duck, i.e., to cheat

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A particularly delicious terrine de foie de canard frais had barely been touched. Armstrong, Campbell MAMBO (1991)

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