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Definition of fib verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

fib

verb

NAmE//fɪb//

[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they fib

he / she / it fibs

past simple fibbed

-ing form fibbing

to tell a lie, usually about something that is not important Come on, don't fib! Where were you really last night?

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fib‧ber

noun You fibber!See fib in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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