fib
pronunciation
How to pronounce fib in British English:
UK [fɪb]
How to pronounce fib in American English:
US [fɪb]
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- Noun:
- a trivial lie
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- Verb:
- tell a relatively insignificant lie
Word Origin
- fib
- fib: see fable
- fib (n.)
- "a lie," especially a little one, "a white lie," 1610s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from fibble-fable "nonsense" (1580s), a reduplication of fable (n.).
- fib (v.)
- "tell trifling lies," 1680s, from fib (n.). Seldom, if ever, transitive. Related: Fibbed; fibbing; fibbery.
Example
- 1. We fib to avoid conflict .
- 2. And the reason the chinese might have to tell a fib ?
- 3. The snag is that children fib about their age .
- 4. They 're a big fib to appease retail traders .
- 5. Variations in inflammation and nerve fib .