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fib

[ fib ]

noun

  1. a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.


verb (used without object)

fibbed, fibbing.
  1. to tell a fib.

fib

/ ´Úɪ²ú /

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

  • ˈ´Ú¾±²ú²ú±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú¾±²úb±ð°ù ´Ú¾±²ús³Ù±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú¾±²úb¾±²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fib1

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

Origin of fib1

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

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Her living voice — her wit and insecurities, her vanities and fibs, the whole of her mind as she herself came to know it.

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This country tells itself a lot of fibs about how good and great it is — but there are people who don’t just believe them, but devote their lives to making them come true.

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Yes, politicians of all stripes have been known to lie, fib or shade the truth.

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Abraham Lincoln fibbed as well, telling newspaper readers in 1862 that he was not considering emancipating the Confederacy’s enslaved people when he’d already decided to do so.

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The agency accused Musk of fibbing to manipulate his company's stock prices.

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