fib

[ fib ]

/ fɪb /

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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

fibber, fibster, nounun·fib·bing, adjective

Words nearby fib

fiasco, fiat, fiat justitia, ruat caelum, fiat lux, fiat money, fib, fiber, fiberboard, fiber bundle, fibered, fiberfill

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Example sentences from the Web for fib

When her friends would go to the movies, Nadia had to fib about her whereabouts in order to tag along.
Want This Woman to Lie About Herself? You Can Just Burq Off!|Moral Courage|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite Eban's fib, Raz concludes that Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser wasn't ready to negotiate with Israel.
No, Israel Didn't Offer to Trade the West Bank for Peace in 1967|Gershom Gorenberg|July 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It started with a fib to her family after her first year of college in Saudi Arabia.
Rebel With a Cause|Abigail Pesta|October 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
With all sides conceding Anthony was a liar, her fate now hangs on which fib the jury buys.
Casey Anthony's Lies|Diane Dimond|May 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST

She had another; she acknowledged her own fib, but she would plead that she had no right to betray her friend.
Mrs. Maxon Protests|Anthony Hope
"You've learned to fib in the army, and I'm disappointed in you," she added, trying to look reproachful and failing entirely.
Silver Pitchers: and Independence|Louisa May Alcott
That is, answered Epistemon, a gullery too evident, a plain abuse and fib too fabulous.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais
There are men who fib with so bad a grace and with so little tact that they might as well not fib at all.
The Claverings|Anthony Trollope
And Anna had been hurt, had been made miserable, by the paltriness of this fib.
The Benefactress|Elizabeth Beauchamp

British Dictionary definitions for fib

fib

/ (fɪb) /

noun

a trivial and harmless lie

verb fibs, fibbing or fibbed

(intr) to tell such a lie

Derived forms of fib

fibber, noun

Word Origin for fib

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

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

单词	fib
释义	fib [ fib ] / fɪb / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fib ON THESAURUS.COM 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 fibber, fibster, nounun·fib·bing, adjective Words nearby fib fiasco, fiat, fiat justitia, ruat caelum, fiat lux, fiat money, fib, fiber, fiberboard, fiber bundle, fibered, fiberfill Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fib When her friends would go to the movies, Nadia had to fib about her whereabouts in order to tag along. Want This Woman to Lie About Herself? You Can Just Burq Off!\|Moral Courage\|March 24, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Despite Eban's fib, Raz concludes that Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser wasn't ready to negotiate with Israel. No, Israel Didn't Offer to Trade the West Bank for Peace in 1967\|Gershom Gorenberg\|July 5, 2012\|DAILY BEAST It started with a fib to her family after her first year of college in Saudi Arabia. Rebel With a Cause\|Abigail Pesta\|October 21, 2011\|DAILY BEAST With all sides conceding Anthony was a liar, her fate now hangs on which fib the jury buys. Casey Anthony's Lies\|Diane Dimond\|May 29, 2011\|DAILY BEAST She had another; she acknowledged her own fib, but she would plead that she had no right to betray her friend. Mrs. Maxon Protests\|Anthony Hope "You've learned to fib in the army, and I'm disappointed in you," she added, trying to look reproachful and failing entirely. Silver Pitchers: and Independence\|Louisa May Alcott That is, answered Epistemon, a gullery too evident, a plain abuse and fib too fabulous. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.\|Francois Rabelais There are men who fib with so bad a grace and with so little tact that they might as well not fib at all. The Claverings\|Anthony Trollope And Anna had been hurt, had been made miserable, by the paltriness of this fib. The Benefactress\|Elizabeth Beauchamp British Dictionary definitions for fib fib / (fɪb) / noun a trivial and harmless lie verb fibs, fibbing or fibbed (intr) to tell such a lie Derived forms of fib fibber, noun Word Origin for fib C17: perhaps from fibble-fable an unlikely story; see fable 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 Words related to fib prevarication, story, equivocation, invention, whopper, falsity, canard, jazz, falsehood, yarn, fiction, tale, untruth, untruthfulness, evasiveness, mendacity, line, misrepresentation, fabrication, crock
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fib

noun

verb (used without object), fibbed, fib·bing.

Origin of fib

synonym study for fib

OTHER WORDS FROM fib

Words nearby fib

Example sentences from the Web for fib

British Dictionary definitions for fib

noun

verb fibs, fibbing or fibbed

Derived forms of fib

Word Origin for fib

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