fib

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noun
  1. a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.

verb (used without object),fibbed, fib·bing.
  1. to tell a fib.

Origin of fib

1
1560–70; short for fibble-fable nonsense, gradational compound based on fable

synonym study For fib

1. See falsehood.

Other words from fib

  • fibber, fibster, noun
  • un·fib·bing, adjective

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How to use fib in a sentence

  • "It's here, you fibber," his daughter cried merrily, persisting in her search.

    Woman Triumphant | Vicente Blasco Ibaez
  • fib′ber, one who fibs; fib′bery (rare), the habit of fibbing; fib′ster, a fibber.

  • You cant do anything now without making me out a fibber, retorted Eleanor.

    Polly in New York | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • I do not know if, as you say, they ride on broomsticks; but I'll tell you this: My father was no fibber.

    The Silver Lining | John Roussel
  • "I was thinking of the monstrous fibber-in here," said "Squills," lugubriously.

    The Red Acorn | John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for fib

fib

/ (fɪb) /


noun
  1. a trivial and harmless lie

verbfibs, fibbing or fibbed
  1. (intr) to tell such a lie

Origin of fib

1
C17: perhaps from fibble-fable an unlikely story; see fable

Derived forms of fib

  • fibber, noun

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