fib
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪb
[edit] Etymology 1
Probably from fable; compare fibble-fabble (nonsense).
[edit] Noun
fib (plural fibs)
- (informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
- You've been telling fibs again, haven't you?
[edit] Translations
a more or less inconsequential lie
[edit] Verb
fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)
- (intransitive) To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
[edit] References
- fib in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 (etymology)
[edit] Etymology 2
Shortened from fibula
[edit] Noun
fib (plural fibs)
