Fib word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "fib" word

[noun] a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
[verb] tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

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\Fib\, n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically. They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. --H. James.
\Fib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fibbing}.] To speak falsely. [Colloq.]
\Fib\, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] --De Quincey.

Synonyms for fib

story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle

Related terms: be untruthful, blague, bouncer, canard, cock-and-bull story, concoct, deceive, draw the longbow, equivocate, equivocation, evasiveness, exaggerate, exaggeration, fabricate, fairy tale, falsehood, falsify, falsity, farfetched story, farrago, fiction, fish story, flam, flimflam, ghost story, half-truth, legal fiction, lie, lie flatly, little white lie, make up, mendacity, mislead, palter, pious fiction, prevaricate, prevarication, slight stretching, speak falsely, story, stretch the truth, tale, tall story, tall tale, taradiddle, tell a lie, trump up, trumped-up story, untruth, untruthfulness, white lie, yarn

The fun area, different aproach to word »fib«

Let's analyse "fib" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: BIF. Average typing speed for these characters is 840 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: ..-. .. -...

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: fib: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: fib: 6 + 9 + 2 = 17, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
F (1)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent

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