tall tale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth.

/tɔːl ˈteɪl/ /tɔl ˈteɪl/ En-au-tall tale.ogg

tall tale tall tales

From tall (“exaggerated”) + tale.

Banbury story of a cock and a bull cock-and-bull story fish story tall story traveller's tale

shaggy dog story whopper

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