canard
canard — noun
- canardsingular
- canardsplural
1. a made-up story, claim, or news report spread to make people believe something u
a made-up story, claim, or news report spread to make people believe something untrue
After the debate, Nala called the online story a canard on live TV.
call something a canard
The paper printed a canard about the mayor and later apologized.
publish a canard about someone
By noon, Cyrus had proved the tax story a canard with public records.
One campaign canard spread through family chat groups before school started.
The museum guide laughed when tourists repeated a canard about pirates from an old book.
- rumor
can be true or false and does not always suggest deliberate invention
- hoax
often refers to a planned trick or fake event, not only to a false report
- fabrication
a formal word for something invented, without the same focus on public circulation
- myth
often means a widely repeated false belief rather than a newly planted story
文法句型
a canard about something
call something a canard
spread a canard
用法筆記
Usually countable and often found in formal writing about politics, the press, or public debate. Unlike rumor, it suggests the story is false and pushed in order to mislead people.