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Noun fib has 1 sense

fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
--₁ is a kind of lie, prevarication
--₁ has particulars:
fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance

Derived form: verb fib₁

Verb fib has 1 sense

fib - tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"
--₁ is one way to lie

Derived forms: noun fibber₁, noun fibbing₁, noun fib₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s