/ fɪb; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
( informal ) a statement that is not true; a lie about sth that is not important :
Stop telling fibs .
■ verb
( -bb- ) [ v ] ( informal ) to tell a lie, usually about sth that is not important :
Come on, don't fib! Where were you really last night?
► fib·ber noun :
You fibber!
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: perhaps a shortening of obsolete fible-fable nonsense, reduplication of fable .