COCK-AND-BULL STORY Synonyms

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• writing in a fictional form

• the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

• a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• the creation of something in the mind

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the act of inventing

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

• position or manner in which something is situated

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

• originate (in)

• be and remain in a particular state or condition

• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

• have a place in relation to something else

• assume a reclining position

• a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

• an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story

• a story about fairies; told to amuse children

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

• a story about fairies; told to amuse children

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

• a story about fairies; told to amuse children

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse

• theatrical performance combining singing and dancing

• an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse