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fib
[ fib ]
noun
- a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
verb (used without object)
fibbed, fibbing.
- to tell a fib.
fib
/ ɪ /
noun
- a trivial and harmless lie
verb
- intr to tell such a lie
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Derived Forms
- ˈھ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ھb ھsٱ noun
- ܲ·ھbԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fib1
C17: perhaps from fibble-fable an unlikely story; see fable
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Synonym Study
See falsehood.
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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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