Meanings
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1
noun
a small or relatively harmless lie
He told a fib about missing the bus because he was embarrassed about oversleeping.
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2
verb
to tell a small or relatively harmless lie
The child admitted that she had fibbed about finishing her homework.
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Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Fib may be related to the older reduplicative expression fible-fable, 'nonsense,' and ultimately to fable. It has denoted a minor or excusable lie since the seventeenth century.