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• fib — 1 noun (C) spoken a small unimportant lie : tell fibs: Don t tell fibs! 2 verb fibbed, fibbing (I) spoken to tell a small unimportant lie: I think you re fibbing. fibber noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fib — 1. noun a) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. Youve been telling fibs again, havent you? b) Short form of fibula. 2. verb To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. Syn: tell a fib, tell …   Wiktionary

• gammon — I. /ˈgæmən / (say gamuhn) noun 1. the game of backgammon. 2. Backgammon a victory in which the winner throws off all his or her pieces before the opponent throws off any. –verb (t) 3. Backgammon to win a gammon over. {? special use of Middle… …  

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• fib — noun VERB + FIB ▪ tell ▪ Don t tell fibs! …   Collocations 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 — 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

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