Fib

Quick meaning: Fib is a noun meaning (informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

Meaning

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

More Meanings

1. (informal, rare) A liar.
2. (informal, intransitive) To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
3. (medicine, informal) The fibula.
4. (neologism) A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
5. (archaic, thieves' cant, boxing) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.

Example Sentences

"Oh! you dreadful fib," said Flora.

Aſk me no queſtions, and I'll tell you no fibs.

Wouldn’t that serve as an excuse, in Boston? I am told they are very sincere; they don't tell fibs.

Fib the cove's quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung; beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purse.

Word Forms

• fibs
• fibbing
• fibbed

Synonyms for fib

Depending on context, synonyms include pummel, anti-fact, invention, bluff, bollocks, bullshit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tarradiddle, tale, story, taradiddle, untruth, fab.

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