FIB : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: FIB	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for FIB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fib n a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" Synonym(s): fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle v tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fib \Fib\, n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically. They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. --H. James.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fib \Fib\, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fib \Fib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fibbing}.] To speak falsely. [Colloq.]