Antonyms for clothesline
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : klohz-lahyn, klohth z- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkloʊzˌlaɪn, ˈkloʊðz- |
Definition of clothesline
- As in tale : noun made-up story
- As in line drive : noun baseball hit that is straight
- As in talebearing : noun gossip
- As in fiction : noun made-up story
- As in gossip : noun talk about others; rumor
- As in hearsay : noun unsubstantiated information
- A man had cut a clothesline in his yard and had brought it to the bridge.
- Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
- She says her clothesline goes out fifty feet, and they have a phonograph.
- Extract from : « Tutors' Lane » by Wilmarth Lewis
- There was a clothesline strung down the whole length of the kitchen.
- Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
- The broom had swept from under the stove those lengths of clothesline.
- Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
- Grab that clothesline and tie their hands behind their backs.
- Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane » by Dorothy Wayne
- The longer and larger end of the pole is used as a clothesline pole.
- Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
- But the clothesline was so high that Puss had been forced to climb a stepladder.
- Extract from : « Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse » by David Cory
- At the lower end of the clothesline was a strong steel snap.
- Extract from : « The Cassowary » by Stanley Waterloo
- One day he went down to the lake with a piece of clothesline.
- Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's » by Laura Lee Hope
- "Wonder if a sheet has blown off the clothesline," said grandma.
- Extract from : « Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 » by Various
Synonyms for clothesline
- account
- anecdote
- babble
- back-fence talk
- best seller
- blather
- blether
- book
- buzz
- calumny
- canard
- chatter
- chestnut
- chitchat
- chronicle
- cliff-hanger
- clothesline
- cock-and-bull story
- comment
- concoction
- conversation
- crock
- cry
- defamation
- detraction
- dirty laundry
- dirty linen
- dirty wash
- drama
- earful
- exaggeration
- fable
- fabrication
- falsehood
- falsity
- fancy
- fantasy
- fib
- fiction
- figment of imagination
- fish story
- gossip
- gossipry
- grapevine
- hearsay
- hooey
- idle talk
- imagination
- improvisation
- injury
- invention
- leak
- legend
- lie
- line shot
- liner
- malicious talk
- meddling
- mere talk
- misrepresentation
- myth
- narrative
- news
- noise
- novel
- potboiler
- prate
- prattle
- prevarication
- report
- rigmarole
- romance
- rope
- rumble
- rumor
- scandal
- scuttlebutt
- slander
- small talk
- smoke
- spiel
- story
- storytelling
- tale
- talk
- talk of the town
- tall story
- tattle
- terminological inexactitude
- tittle-tattle
- untruism
- untruth
- whispering campaign
- whopper
- wire
- word
- word of mouth
- work of imagination
- yarn
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