fibber

Variant of fib

fib definition

fib (fib)

noun

a small or trivial lie

Etymology: 16th- & 17th-c. slang: said to be clipped form of obs. fible-fable, redupl. form of fable

intransitive verb fibbed, fibbing fib′·bing

to tell such a lie or lies

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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