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fib
fiba small or trivial lie; minor falsehood: He meant no harm; it was only a fib.
Not to be confused with:fabrication – manufacture; something fabricated; an untruthful statement: His alibi was a total fabrication.fib F0099000 (fĭb)n. An insignificant or childish lie.intr.v. fibbed, fib·bing, fibs To tell a fib. See Synonyms at lie2.
[Perhaps from obsolete and dialectal fible-fable, nonsense, reduplication of fable.]
fib′ber n.fib (fɪb) na trivial and harmless lievb, fibs, fibbing or fibbed (intr) to tell such a lie[C17: perhaps from fibble-fable an unlikely story; see fable] ˈfibber nfib (fɪb)
n., v. fibbed, fib•bing. n. 1. a small or trivial lie. v.i. 2. to tell a fib. [1560–70; fibble-fable nonsense] fib′ber, fib′ster, n. fib
Past participle: fibbed
Gerund: fibbing
| Present |
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| I fib | | you fib | | he/she/it fibs | | we fib | | you fib | | they fib |
| Preterite |
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| I fibbed | | you fibbed | | he/she/it fibbed | | we fibbed | | you fibbed | | they fibbed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am fibbing | | you are fibbing | | he/she/it is fibbing | | we are fibbing | | you are fibbing | | they are fibbing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have fibbed | | you have fibbed | | he/she/it has fibbed | | we have fibbed | | you have fibbed | | they have fibbed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was fibbing | | you were fibbing | | he/she/it was fibbing | | we were fibbing | | you were fibbing | | they were fibbing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had fibbed | | you had fibbed | | he/she/it had fibbed | | we had fibbed | | you had fibbed | | they had fibbed |
| Future |
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| I will fib | | you will fib | | he/she/it will fib | | we will fib | | you will fib | | they will fib |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have fibbed | | you will have fibbed | | he/she/it will have fibbed | | we will have fibbed | | you will have fibbed | | they will have fibbed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be fibbing | | you will be fibbing | | he/she/it will be fibbing | | we will be fibbing | | you will be fibbing | | they will be fibbing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been fibbing | | you have been fibbing | | he/she/it has been fibbing | | we have been fibbing | | you have been fibbing | | they have been fibbing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been fibbing | | you will have been fibbing | | he/she/it will have been fibbing | | we will have been fibbing | | you will have been fibbing | | they will have been fibbing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been fibbing | | you had been fibbing | | he/she/it had been fibbing | | we had been fibbing | | you had been fibbing | | they had been fibbing |
| Conditional |
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| I would fib | | you would fib | | he/she/it would fib | | we would fib | | you would fib | | they would fib |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have fibbed | | you would have fibbed | | he/she/it would have fibbed | | we would have fibbed | | you would have fibbed | | they would have fibbed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | fib - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"taradiddle, tarradiddle, tale, storylie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truthcock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance - an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | | Verb | 1. | fib - tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"lie - tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
fibnoun1. lie, story, fiction, untruth, whopper (informal), porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), white lie, prevarication She told innocent fibs.verb1. lie, invent, fabricate, misrepresent, falsify, tell a lie, prevaricate, perjure, equivocate, dissimulate, tell untruths, forswear yourself He laughed when I accused him of fibbing.Quotations
"fib: a lie that has not cut its teeth" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]fibnounAn untrue declaration:canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fiction, inveracity, lie, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.Informal: fish story, tall tale.Slang: whopper.verbTo make untrue declarations:falsify, forswear, lie, prevaricate.Law: perjure.Translationsfib (fib) noun an unimportant lie. to tell fibs. 小謊 小谎 verb – past tense, past participle fibbed – to tell a fib. He fibbed about his age. 撒小謊 撒小谎fib
fib (one's) way out of (something)To escape trouble or some predicament by telling lies. John fibbed his way out of a speeding ticket by saying he was rushing to his dying grandmother's hospital bed.See also: fib, of, out, wayask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answerIf one asks a strange or nonsensical question, the listener will probably respond with a similarly strange or nonsensical answer. A: "What the heck are you talking about? All I did was ask if you think I should dress my cat up for Halloween!" B: "Well, ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answer!"See also: and, answer, ask, get, question, stupidask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answerAlso, ask a silly question. Your query doesn't deserve a proper answer, as in Am I hungry? ask a stupid question! One authority believes this idiom is a variant of ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs, which appeared in Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer (1773) and was frequently repeated thereafter. [Early 1800s] See also: and, answer, ask, get, question, stupidfib (fɪb)1. n. a small lie. It was just a little fib. I’m sorry. 2. in. to tell a small lie. Did you fib to the teacher? EncyclopediaSeeFibsFIB
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fib
Synonyms for fibnoun lieSynonyms- lie
- story
- fiction
- untruth
- whopper
- porky
- pork pie
- white lie
- prevarication
verb lieSynonyms- lie
- invent
- fabricate
- misrepresent
- falsify
- tell a lie
- prevaricate
- perjure
- equivocate
- dissimulate
- tell untruths
- forswear yourself
Synonyms for fibnoun an untrue declarationSynonyms- canard
- cock-and-bull story
- falsehood
- falsity
- fiction
- inveracity
- lie
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- prevarication
- story
- tale
- untruth
- fish story
- tall tale
- whopper
verb to make untrue declarationsSynonyms- falsify
- forswear
- lie
- prevaricate
- perjure
Synonyms for fibnoun a trivial lieSynonyms- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tale
- story
Related Words- lie
- prevarication
- cock-and-bull story
- fairy story
- fairy tale
- fairytale
- song and dance
verb tell a relatively insignificant lieRelated Words |