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canard

[ US /kəˈnɑɹd/ ]
[ UK /kˈænɑːd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a deliberately misleading fabrication

How To Use canard In A Sentence

  • To reduce the wing trim drag, the fuselage was fitted with lateral surfaces called chines, which actually converted the forward fuselage into a fixed canard which developed lift.
  • Au lieu de discuter, l'employée du restaurant aurait du faire le canard! French Word-A-Day:
  • Last night, she again dodged a question about Social Security solvency and began a canard about tax cuts instead. Sound Politics: Post Debate and Beyond
  • Tan seems not to realize that this old canard about the Inuit having 32 different words for snow, or whatever the number, is pure myth.
  • And it's an old canard, but it's true: in most elections, most people don't vote.
  • Foie gras du canard and little spicy sweet peppers filled with herby cheese and drenched in olive oil were her choice of appetizers.
  • He put about the familiar canard that her design was unbuildable. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, having disposed of a few canards, he weakens his own case by his willingness to advance the best possible interpretation of Nelson's actions on almost every occasion.
  • At high angles of attack, first the canard came into stall, which caused the aircraft to pitch down its nose and decrease the angle before the main wing came into stall.
  • Telling the New Zealand public that Maori have unlimited tangi leave is a canard.
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