Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An insignificant or childish lie.
- intransitive verb To tell a fib. synonym: lie.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat of strike, especially by delivering a succession of short rapid blows.
- To deliver a succession of short rapid blows.
- noun A lie; specifically, a white lie; a venial falsehood, told to save one's self or another from embarrassment.
- To say what is not true; lie, especially in a mild or comparatively innocent way.
- To tell a fib to; lie to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.
- transitive verb rare To tell a fib to.
- intransitive verb colloq. To speak falsely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
- verb intransitive To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
- noun medicine, informal Short form of
fibula .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a trivial lie
- verb tell a relatively insignificant lie
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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* And: Ben Adler points out that O'Donnell's Oxford fib is especially ironic and amusing, because "conservatives and Republicans are famously suspicious of educational credentials and disdainful of cultural (as opposed to economic) elites."
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010
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I thought of all the evil deeds of my short life – of pinching Felix to make him cry out at family prayers, of playing truant from Sunday School and going fishing one day, of a certain fib – no, no away from this awful hour with all such euphonious evasions – of a lie I had once told, of many a selfish and unkind word and thought and action.
The Story Girl Lucy Maud 1911
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Euros attained 1.3008 on Friday just blipping above the 61.8 med term fib level.
FXstreet.com 2010
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They will re-instate longs then on a break above 10750, which clears the long term fib of 10744.
FXstreet.com info@technicalanalysisreports.com (Charmer Charts. 2010
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Cable faltered on the topside and came lower then for the med term fib level of 1.5069 reaching 1.5066.
FXstreet.com 2010
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They will re-instate longs then on a break above 10750, which clears the long term fib of 10744.
FXstreet.com info@technicalanalysisreports.com (Charmer Charts. 2010
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Euros attained 1.3008 on Friday just blipping above the 61.8 med term fib level.
FXstreet.com 2010
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So sell into strength to these higher levels, this time leaving stops above the 75% short term fib of 1.5040.
FXstreet.com info@technicalanalysisreports.com (Charmer Charts. 2010
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Would expect rallies from this point at least back to yesterdays highs of 4624 which is again one of your short term fib levels.
FXstreet.com 2009
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Oil is currently trading above its 25\% short term fib level of 4834. making a base on the short term charts.
FXstreet.com 2009
inkhorn commented on the word fib
A &%*$@ Illinois bastard. Wisconsin retort to cheesehead.
December 19, 2006
wxv6 commented on the word fib
The etymology of the word fib could be a slang abbreviation of the word amphiboly, pronounced (am - fib - o - lee). Amphiboly arises from the ancient Greek word amphibolia so it is certainly an origin older than the etymolgies given on Wordnik now.
January 5, 2010