fib
noun/fɪb/
/fɪb/
(informal)- a lie, usually one that is not important
- Stop telling fibs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fib- tell
Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps a shortening of obsolete fible-fable ‘nonsense’, reduplication of fable.Want to learn more?
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