yarn
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7.2
- noun
- /jɑrn/
- Informal
- "We were all sitting up telling yarns around the campfire." "There's an interesting choice of words," Wilkes said.
- spins a good yarn
- a good yarn
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Watch on YouTubeAnd like the old yarn goes about pigs and mud as as the old yarn goes about pigs and mud.
- And like the old yarn goes about pigs and mud as as the old yarn goes about pigs and mud.
- And the psychiatrist says, you can probably imagine my reaction to the above psychic yarn.
- And as you begin to interrogate it, the whole ball of yarn unravels and you realize how absurd it is to need to be respected.
Examples
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An imaginative and inventive storyteller, she surprised me by delighting these youngsters with some edge-of-their-seat yarns.
Academic text (2004) -
Read on and see how our Connecticut bard transmuted this small scene into a lovely yarn.
Fiction book (2000) -
Anyway, that is the start of a damn good yarn right there...
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I heard her spinning a yarn next to me.
Fiction book (2002) -
At first, Obama just wanted to spin a yarn that allowed him to escape responsibility.
Blog text (23) -
Maybe I'm just spinning a science fiction yarn, but what are your thoughts?
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I was trying to read one of my ridiculous yarns, the kind I had built a career on.
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Did he imagine the voyage would turn out like one of his yarns -- no damage done and him a hero?
Fiction book (1991) -
Ja, sure, we'll spin a few yarns tonight.
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He told us a fascinating yarn about his adventures in the mountains.
Synonyms
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1.0
An account of events told to entertain or inform
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1.0
A story that tells about events, often imaginary, in books or by people
336
3.9
A story that describes connected events
84
6.4
A long story about brave people or family history
19
4.0
A story that says things are bigger or more amazing than they really are to be funny
15
3.4
A made-up story told to hide the truth or deceive people
10
4.9
A false story told to trick or impress people
10
4.6
A made-up story used to avoid blame or trick people
7
4.6
A very exciting tale that is often not true
6
2.7
An old story that people tell to each other in a community
1
5.2
A long story about heroes and their great adventures
1
7.3
A made-up tale that is hard to believe
1
5.5
A made up story told to hide the truth
A made-up story told in a big, exciting way to amuse people
A silly story that is clearly false and hard to believe
A false story made to hide the truth
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A thread made from fibers that are brushed so they line up, making it soft but a bit rough
- Specialized
Smooth, strong thread made by tightly twisting long wool fibers for knitting and weaving
How Imaginative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yarn as a noun for a long tale grew from the cloth meaning and the idea of 'spinning' tales, so a yarn is a long story that is often colourful or not completely true.