fib

Meaning

Noun

1. (informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
2. (informal, rare) A liar.

Verb

To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.

Verb

To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.

Synonyms

lie

tell a lie

untruth

prevaricate

falsehood

tale

tell a fib

story

tell lies

tell an untruth

deceive

taradiddle

equivocate

hoax

tarradiddle

tell untruths

make a misstatement

forge

goatee

humbug

invent

invention

jive

kid

🧒

misrepresent

palter

perjure

pommel

porky

prevarication

punch

👊

sly joke

snow job

spoof

tell

think up

thrash

trump up

white lie

be deceptive

tall story

Vandyke

speak falsely

tell a falsehood

untrue words

utter a falsehood

make a mis-statement

Luyana

wess

bam

Translations

mentir

flunkern

mentir

ψεύδομαι

frottola

schwindeln

bobard

raccontare frottole

baratin

liegen

bugìa

jokken

bugia

mentira

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪb/

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fibble-fable (“nonsense”).