'FIB' definitions:
Definition of 'fib'
(from WordNet)
noun
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle]
verb
Tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"
Definition of 'Fib'
From: GCIDE
- Fib \Fib\, n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically. [1913 Webster]
- They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. --H. James. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fib'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Fib'
From: GCIDE
- Fib \Fib\, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fib'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be untruthful,
- blague,
- bouncer,
- canard,
- cock-and-bull story,
- concoct,
- deceive,
- draw the longbow,
- equivocate,
- equivocation,
- evasiveness,
- exaggerate,
- exaggeration,
- fabricate,
- fairy tale,
- falsehood,
- falsify,
- falsity,
- farfetched story,
- farrago,
- fiction,
- fish story,
- flam,
- flimflam,
- ghost story,
- half-truth,
- legal fiction,
- lie,
- lie flatly,
- little white lie,
- make up,
- mendacity,
- mislead,
- palter,
- pious fiction,
- prevaricate,
- prevarication,
- slight stretching,
- speak falsely,
- story,
- stretch the truth,
- tale,
- tall story,
- tall tale,
- taradiddle,
- tell a lie,
- trump up,
- trumped-up story,
- untruth,
- untruthfulness,
- white lie,
- yarn
Acronyms for 'fib'
From: V.E.R.A.
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