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1. nounFlunkerei, die (ugs.)2. intransitive verb,- bb- schwindeln; flunkern (ugs.)* * *[fib] 1. noun(an unimportant lie: to tell fibs.) die Flunkerei2. verb(to tell a fib: He fibbed about his age.) flunkern* * *[fɪb]( fam)I. vi<- bb->schwindeln▪ to \fib to sb jdn anschwindelnII. n Schwindelei fto tell a \fib schwindeln, flunkern* * *[fɪb] (inf)1. nFlunkerei f (inf), Schwindelei f (inf)that's a fib! — das ist geflunkert! (inf)
don't tell fibs — flunker or schwindel nicht! (inf)
2. viflunkern (inf), schwindeln (inf)* * *fib [fıb] umgA s Flunkerei f, Schwindelei f:tell a fib → B;tell sb a fib jemanden anflunkern oder anschwindelnB v/i flunkern, schwindeln* * *1. nounFlunkerei, die (ugs.)2. intransitive verb,- bb- schwindeln; flunkern (ugs.)* * *n.Flunkerei f. v.aufschneiden v.flunkern v.schwindeln v. -
2 fib
[fɪb]to \fib to sb jdn anschwindeln n Schwindelei f;to tell a \fib schwindeln, flunkern
См. также в других словарях:
fib — [n] undetailed lie canard, crock*, equivocation, evasiveness, fabrication, fairy tale*, falsehood, falsity, fiction, invention, jazz*, line*, mendacity, misrepresentation, prevarication, spinach*, story, tale, untruth, untruthfulness, white lie* … New thesaurus
fib — [fib] 1. n. a small lie. □ It was just a little fib. I’m sorry. □ Is this another one of your fibs? 2. in. to tell a small lie. □ Stop fibbing and tell me the truth. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Fib — Fib, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] De Quincey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fib — Fib, n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; used euphemistically. [1913 Webster] They are very serious; they don t tell fibs. H. James. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fib — ► NOUN ▪ a trivial lie. ► VERB (fibbed, fibbing) ▪ tell a fib. DERIVATIVES fibber noun. ORIGIN perhaps from obsolete fible fable nonsense , a reduplication of FABLE(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
fib — [fib] n. [16th & 17th c. slang: said to be clipped form of obs. fible fable, redupl. form of FABLE] a small or trivial lie vi. fibbed, fibbing to tell such a lie or lies SYN. LIE2 fibber n … English World dictionary
tell lies — tell untruth, fib, speak lies … English contemporary dictionary
fib — n. to tell a fib * * * [fɪb] to tell a fib … Combinatory dictionary
fib — fib1 [fıb] n spoken [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from fable] a small unimportant lie →↑white lie ▪ He s been known to tell fibs . fib 2 fib2 past tense and past participle fibbed present participle fibbing … Dictionary of contemporary English
fib — fib1 [ fıb ] noun count INFORMAL a lie about something that is not important fib fib 2 [ fıb ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to tell a lie about something that is not important … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fib — I UK [fɪb] / US noun [countable] Word forms fib : singular fib plural fibs informal a lie about something that is not important II UK [fɪb] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms fib : present tense I/you/we/they fib he/she/it fibs present… … English dictionary
