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View synonyms for fib

fib

[ fib ]

noun

  1. a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.


verb (used without object)

, fibbed, fib·bing.
  1. to tell a fib.

fib

/ fɪb /

noun

  1. a trivial and harmless lie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to tell such a lie
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈfibber, noun
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Other Words From

  • fibber fibster noun
  • un·fibbing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fib1

1560–70; short for fibble-fable nonsense, gradational compound based on fable
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fib1

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

Former Colorado County Clerks Association director Pam Anderson refused to play along with the party’s fibs and says her former colleagues ran a fair 2020 count.

From TIme

Often, people will tell a fib to keep from hurting another’s feelings.

The fib led to Pressler losing her job on the Bloomberg investigative unit before it started.

From Time

There is the requisite moment when they read their wedding license and realize for the first time both had been telling fibs about their real age.

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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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