Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cock-and-bull_story

1 sense of cock-and-bull story

Sense 1
fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance -- (an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse)
       => fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle -- (a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?")