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FIB
fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
(noun) a trivial lie; “he told a fib about eating his spinach”; “how can I stop my child from telling stories?”
fib
(verb) tell a relatively insignificant lie; “Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don’t call it lying”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
fib (plural fibs)
(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
(informal, rare) A liar.
Synonyms
• (lie): See lie
Verb
fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)
(informal, intransitive) To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
Etymology 2
Noun
fib (plural fibs)
(medicine, informal) The fibula.
Etymology 3
Verb
fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)
(archaic, thieves cant, boxing) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.
Synonyms
• pummel
Etymology 4
Noun
fib (plural fibs)
(neologism) A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
Anagrams
• BFI, BIF, FBI, IBF
Noun
FIB (plural FIBs)
(countable, physics) Abbreviation of focused ion beam.
Anagrams
• BFI, BIF, FBI, IBF
Source: Wiktionary
Fib, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.]
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To speak falsely. [Colloq.]
Fib, v. t.
Definition: To tell a fib to. [R.] De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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