Fibbing


[fib] /fɪb/

noun
1.
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
verb (used without object), fibbed, fibbing.
2.
to tell a fib.
/fɪb/
noun
1.
a trivial and harmless lie
verb fibs, fibbing, fibbed
2.
(intransitive) to tell such a lie
n.

1610s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from fibble-fable “nonsense” (1580s), a reduplication of fable.
v.

1680s, from fib (n.). Related: Fibbed; fibbing.
fibrillation

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