FIB


Meaning of FIB in English

— fibber, fibster , n.

/fib/ , n. , v. , fibbed, fibbing .

n.

1. a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.

v.i.

2. to tell a fib.

[ 1560-70; short for fibble-fable nonsense, gradational compound based on FABLE ]

Syn. 1. See falsehood .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .