fib
[ fib ]
/ fɪb /
noun
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
verb (used without object), fibbed, fib·bing.
to tell a fib.
Origin of fib
1560–70; short for
fibble-fable nonsense, gradational compound based on
fable
synonym study for fib
1. See
falsehood.
OTHER WORDS FROM fib
fib·ber, fib·ster, noun un·fib·bing, adjectiveWords nearby fib
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British Dictionary definitions for fibbing
fib
/ (fɪb) /
noun
a trivial and harmless lie
verb fibs, fibbing or fibbed
(intr)
to tell such a lie
Derived forms of fib
fibber, nounWord Origin for fib
C17: perhaps from
fibble-fable an unlikely story; see
fable