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noun, plural ca·nards 
[-nahrdz; Fr. -nar] .
[-nahrdz; Fr. -nar] . 1.
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
2.
Cookery. a duck intended or used for food.
3.
Aeronautics.
a.
an airplane that has its horizontal stabilizer and elevators located forward of the wing.
b.
Also called canard wing. one of two small lifting wings located in front of the main wings.
c.
an early airplane having a pusher engine with the rudder and elevator assembly in front of the wings.
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Canard
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is corroborate. Does it mean:
| to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does, or to vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions or conditions |
| strengthen or make more certain with other evidence |
Example Sentences
- There's that canard again, from people who ought to know better.
- By repeating this false canard you provide an interesting example of the tide of misinformation.
- And the canard about tenure making it difficult to fire teachers is ridiculous.
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canard
before 1850, from Fr. canard "a hoax," lit. "a duck" (from O.Fr. quanart, probably echoic of a duck's quack); said by Littré to be from the phrase vendre un canard à moitié "to half-sell a duck," thus, from some long-forgotten joke, "to cheat."
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