— 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 .
— 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 . 2012