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fib
[ fib ]
noun
- a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
verb (used without object)
- to tell a fib.
fib
/ fɪb /
noun
- a trivial and harmless lie
verb
- intr to tell such a lie
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Derived Forms
- ˈfibber, noun
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Other Words From
- fibber fibster noun
- un·fibbing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fib1
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Example Sentences
When her friends would go to the movies, Nadia had to fib about her whereabouts in order to tag along.
Despite Eban's fib, Raz concludes that Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser wasn't ready to negotiate with Israel.
It started with a fib to her family after her first year of college in Saudi Arabia.
With all sides conceding Anthony was a liar, her fate now hangs on which fib the jury buys.
Don't fib; brace up and make a clean breast of it, and if you need advice I am full of it.
"It was to tease you," said John, who understood at once and who was willing to fib in a good cause.
It is a positive joy to meet a man who had rather appear uncivil than coin a polite fib.
You've been telling me a great big fib, because there are the soldiers coming back again.
Amphibology, am-fib-ol′o-ji, n. the use of ambiguous phrases or such as can be construed in two senses.
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