Fib (Verb)
Meaning
Tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- When she said she was 5 minutes late because of traffic, she was actually fibbing about being stuck in traffic because she overslept.
- Her child was caught fibbing to the teacher about finishing the homework when in reality he forgot about it.
- He fibbed about eating vegetables with his meal to impress his health-conscious date.
- The kid wasn't serious about being ill, he was just fibbing to get a day off school.
- She discovered her roommate was fibbing about cleaning the shared space when she found out the trash was weeks old.