canard

[ kuh-nahrd; French ka-nar ]

/ kəˈnɑrd; French kaˈnar /

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noun, plural ca·nards

[kuh-nahrdz; French ka-nar]. /kəˈnɑrdz; French kaˈnar/.

a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.

Cooking. a duck intended or used for food.

Aeronautics.

an airplane that has its horizontal stabilizer and elevators located forward of the wing.
Also called canard wing . one of two small lifting wings located in front of the main wings.
an early airplane having a pusher engine with the rudder and elevator assembly in front of the wings.

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Origin of canard

First recorded in 1840–45; from French: literally, “duck,” from Old French quanart “drake,” originally “cackler,” equivalent to can(er) “to cackle” (of expressive origin) + -art -art, as in mallart “drake”; see mallard

Words nearby canard

Canandaigua, Canandaigua Lake, Cananea, canapé, Canara, canard, Canarese, Canaries Current, canary, canarybird flower, canary creeper

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How to use canard in a sentence

Chef Gabriel Rucker is the two-time James Beard Award-winning chef and co-owner of Le Pigeon and Canard in Portland, Oregon.
A Green Bean Casserole Recipe Whose Secret Weapon Is Dashi Powder|Gabriel Rucker|November 19, 2021|Eater
We imagine that the industry will roll out the old canard about a lack of “talent.”
The Brave New World of Advertising|Daniel Malloy|February 7, 2021|Ozy
This is, of course, a canard tossed in the last week of the year, with the House now out of session.
Now is not the time to repeal Section 230, but it should be soon|jakemeth|December 30, 2020|Fortune
It is a classic anti-Semitic canard to punish any Jew for the perceived crimes of all of them.
Europe’s Jews Punished for Israel’s War|Eli Lake|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The idea that we shouldn't be funding duck mating is a total canard.
Yes, We Should Study Duck Penises|Michael Tomasky|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The first is this canard that we have to balance the budget.
The GOP’s Three Fiscal Lies|Michael Tomasky|March 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It's a canard--cover for trying to prevent black and brown people from voting.
Four Things Reince Priebus Could Say That Would Matter|Michael Tomasky|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps Cuomo believes the discredited canard that Yoko broke up the Beatles?
Yoko Ono Takes Anti-Fracking Crusade to Andrew Cuomo|Lloyd Grove|February 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He kindly offered to drive us to Canard River, a place not far distant from the termination of our journey.
Hudson Bay|R.M. Ballantyne
Personally I do not believe this wild canard of a foreign invasion.
The Fall of a Nation|Thomas Dixon
For a moment Hazel found herself believing the Herald story a pure canard.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Elephants will be admitted, too, on account of the unjust canard concerning their fear of mice.
Pieces of Hate|Heywood Broun
It was even said that the Germans were marching on Brussels, but this was contradicted afterwards as a sensational canard.
Field Hospital and Flying Column|Violetta Thurstan

British Dictionary definitions for canard

canard

/ (kæˈnɑːd, French kanar) /

noun

a false report; rumour or hoax

an aircraft in which the tailplane is mounted in front of the wing

Word Origin for canard

C19: from French: a duck, hoax, from Old French caner to quack, of imitative origin

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