fib
Other forms: fibs; fibbing; fibbed
A fib is a small lie. If you think your friend's haircut looks strange, but you tell her you love it, it's a fib.
When you tell a fib, you fib. The thing that distinguishes a fib from a lie is that a fib isn't terribly important — it's minor or petty. You might fib to protect someone's feelings or to save yourself a long explanation about exactly why you're late to work. The origin of the word fib is uncertain, but it may come from fibble-fable, or "nonsense," which in turn comes from fable.
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a trivial lie“he told a fib about eating his spinach”
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synonyms:
story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle
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types:
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cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance
an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
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type of:
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lie, prevarication
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
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cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance
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tell a relatively insignificant lie“Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying”
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type of:
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lie
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
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lie
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Vocabulary lists containing fib
Science fiction fan Ebony-Grace struggles to adjust when she leaves her sheltered life in Huntsville, Alabama to spend the summer with her father in New York City.
In this classic novel, a pig named Wilbur befriends a spider, who attempts to save his life.
This novel is a fictionalized account of the childhood of Dr. Betty Shabazz, the civil rights activist and wife of Malcolm X.
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