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tall tale
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tall tale - an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) storynarration, narrative, story, tale - a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
tall talenoun1. Informal. An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence:anecdote, fable, story, tale.Informal: yarn.2. Informal. An untrue declaration:canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.Informal: fish story.Slang: whopper.Translationstall tale
tall taleA greatly exaggerated or particularly imaginative story or account of something, such that it is difficult to believe. My uncle has always been fond of telling tall tales about his time overseas. I used to believe him when I was a kid, but now I've learned to just laugh along.See also: tale, talltall taleA fanciful or greatly exaggerated story, as in Some youngsters love tall tales about creatures from outer space coming to earth. This idiom uses tall in the sense of "exaggerated." [Mid-1800s] See also: tale, talla tall tale BRITISH, AMERICAN or a tall story BRITISHCOMMON A tall tale or a tall story is a very exciting or extreme event that someone tells you about but that you think is probably not true. He was very convincing, and some of his college chums believed his tall tales. `She told my guests a tall story about our relationship,' he said. `She claimed we'd been in love three years.' Note: `Tall' used to be used to describe language that was considered extremely formal or exaggerated. See also: tale, talltall tale
tall tale, extravagantly and humorously exaggerated story of the backwoods exploits of an American frontiersman. Originating in the 1820s, the genre remained popular well into the 20th cent. One of the earliest heroes of this type of folklore, Colonel Davy Crockett of Tennessee, boasted: I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio, ride a streak of lightning, slip without a scratch down a honey locust, can whip my weight in wildcats … . These bold deeds were made famous throughout the West by Crockett's Autobiography (1834) and by his Almanacs (1835–56). Crockett also popularized the deeds of the gigantic Mike Fink, "King of the Mississippi Keelboatmen," who was said to have once slain with a single shot both a deer and a Native American who was pursuing it. From Canada came the tales of the hero of the lumberjacks, Paul Bunyan, whose Blue Ox "Babe" was "forty-two ax handles and a plug of chewing tobacco between the eyes." The cowboys' hero was Pecos Bill, who "taught the bronco how to buck," and Southern blacks told tales of John Henry, the railroader and steamboat roustabout who once won a contest against a steam drill.tall tale
Synonyms for tall talenoun an entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrenceSynonyms- anecdote
- fable
- story
- tale
- yarn
noun an untrue declarationSynonyms- canard
- cock-and-bull story
- falsehood
- falsity
- fib
- fiction
- inveracity
- lie
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- prevarication
- story
- tale
- untruth
- fish story
- whopper
Words related to tall talenoun an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) storyRelated Words- narration
- narrative
- story
- tale
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