n. 1 falsehood, (little) white lie, untruth, prevarication, fabrication, invention, misrepresentation, story, (fairy) tale, fiction; lie; Colloq tall story, US tall tale, cock-and-bull story, whopper I told a little fib when I said my grandmother was ill
v. 2 prevaricate, misrepresent, fudge, falsify, misspeak, palter; lie; Colloq waffle They admitted they had fibbed about who had thrown the egg