improbable story

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• Improbable — Im*prob a*ble, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See {Probable}.] Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• improbable — im|prob|a|ble [ ım prabəbl ] adjective 1. ) not likely to happen or be true: UNLIKELY: a very improbable story it is improbable (that): It s improbable that a lawyer would give such advice. highly improbable: It seemed highly improbable he would… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• improbable — UK [ɪmˈprɒbəb(ə)l] / US [ɪmˈprɑbəb(ə)l] adjective 1) not likely to happen or to be true a rather improbable story it is improbable (that): It s improbable that a lawyer would give such advice. highly improbable: It seemed highly improbable he… …   English dictionary

• Improbable — is a 2005 Science Fiction Thriller novel by author Adam Fawer. It is the story of a gifted young man named David Caine, who has been troubled by debilatating epilleptic seizures to the extent that his medical condition has thrown his life… …   Wikipedia

• Improbable Fiction — Infobox Play name = Improbable Fiction writer = Alan Ayckbourn characters = Arnold Grace Jess Vivi Brevis Clem Ilsa setting = Writers circle meeting in Arnold s living room premiere = 31 May 2005 place = Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough orig… …   Wikipedia

• story — I n. tale 1) to narrate, tell a story 2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire) 3) to edit; rewrite; write a story 4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story 5) to change, revise;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Improbable Cause — ST episode series = Deep Space Nine name = Improbable Cause Enabran Tain ep num = 66 prod num = 465 date = April 24, 1995 writer = Robert Lederman David R. Long Rene Echevarria director = Avery Brooks guest = Andrew J. Robinson as Garak Paul… …   Wikipedia

• story —    a lie    Nursery usage, although the punning storyteller may also be used of an adult. A tall story implies exaggeration, and a cock and bull story (rooster and big animal story in 19th century America?) is an improbable fabrication …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• cock-and-bull story — noun an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse • Syn: ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑song and dance • Hypernyms: ↑fib, ↑story, ↑tale, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• cock-and-bull story — /kok euhn bool / an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don t ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock and bull story. [1600 10; prob. with orig. reference to some fable in which a cock and bull figure] * * * …   Universalium

• cock-and-bull story — /ˌkɒk ən ˈbʊl stɔri/ (say .kok uhn bool stawree) noun Colloquial an absurd improbable story told as true: *He was preparing some cock and bull story, some lie maybe, that he wouldn t even expect you to believe. –david malouf, 1990 …