fib
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fib
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood: He meant no harm; it was only a fib.
Not to be confused with:
fabrication – manufacture; something fabricated; an untruthful statement: His alibi was a total fabrication.
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fib
(fĭb)n.
An insignificant or childish lie.
intr.v. fibbed, fib·bing, fibs
To tell a fib. See Synonyms at lie2.
[Perhaps from obsolete and dialectal fible-fable, nonsense, reduplication of fable.]
fib′ber n.
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fib
(fɪb)n
a trivial and harmless lie
vb, fibs, fibbing or fibbed
(intr) to tell such a lie
[C17: perhaps from fibble-fable an unlikely story; see fable]
ˈfibber n
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fib
(fɪb)n., v. fibbed, fib•bing. n.
1. a small or trivial lie.
v.i. 2. to tell a fib.
[1560–70; fibble-fable nonsense]
fib′ber, fib′ster, n.
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fib
Past participle: fibbed
Gerund: fibbing
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| Noun | 1. | fib - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance - an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse |
| Verb | 1. | fib - tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying" lie - tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
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fib
noun
verb
1. lie, invent, fabricate, misrepresent, falsify, tell a lie, prevaricate, perjure, equivocate, dissimulate, tell untruths, forswear yourself He laughed when I accused him of fibbing.
Quotations
"fib: a lie that has not cut its teeth" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]
"fib: a lie that has not cut its teeth" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]
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fib
nounAn untrue declaration:
canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fiction, inveracity, lie, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.
Informal: fish story, tall tale.
Slang: whopper.
To make untrue declarations:
Law: perjure.
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fib
(fib) noun an unimportant lie. to tell fibs.bola, trola, mentirijilla
verb – past tense, past participle fibbed – to tell a fib. He fibbed about his age.contar bolas, contar trolas
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