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FIBBING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fibbing mean?
• FIBBING (noun)
The noun FIBBING has 1 sense:
1. a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
Familiarity information: FIBBING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fibbing; paltering
Hypernyms ("fibbing" is a kind of...):
fabrication; lying; prevarication (the deliberate act of deviating from the truth)
Derivation:
fib (tell a relatively insignificant lie)
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