About The Word Fib
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Fib
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What's The Definition Of Fib?
[n] a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
[v] tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fib: story | tale | taradiddle | tarradiddle Related Terms | Find terms related to Fib: be untruthful | blague | bouncer | canard | cock-and-bull story | concoct | deceive | draw the longbow | equivocate | equivocation | evasiveness | exaggerate | exaggeration | fabricate | fairy tale | falsehood | falsify | falsity | farfetched story | farrago | fiction | fish story | flam | flimflam | ghost story | half-truth | legal fiction | lie | lie flatly | little white lie | make up | mendacity | mislead | palter | pious fiction | prevaricate | prevarication | slight stretching | speak falsely | story | stretch the truth | tale | tall story | tall tale | taradiddle | tell a lie | trump up | trumped-up story | untruth | untruthfulness | white lie | yarn See Also | cock-and-bull story | fairy story | fairy tale | fairytale | lie | lie | prevarication | song and dance Fib In Webster's Dictionary \Fib\, n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble
nonsense.]
A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.
They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. --H.
James.
\Fib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fibbing}.] To speak falsely. [Colloq.] \Fib\, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] --De Quincey. |
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