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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