fib

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪb/ Rhymes: -ɪb === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”). ==== Noun ==== fib (plural fibs) (informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lie (informal, rare) A liar. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed) (informal, intransitive) To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== pilfer ===== References ===== “fib”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. (etymology) Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “fib”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of fibula. ==== Noun ==== fib (plural fibs) (medicine, informal) The fibula. ===== See also ===== tib === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed) (archaic, thieves' cant, boxing) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike. ===== Synonyms ===== pummel ===== Derived terms ===== fibbing (“pummelling”) fibbing-gloak fibbing-match ===== References ===== John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891), “fib”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 387. === Etymology 4 === Short for Fibonacci. ==== Noun ==== fib (plural fibs) (neologism) A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number. ===== See also ===== === Anagrams === BFI, BIF, FBI, IBF, bif == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɸʲiβʲ/ === Noun === fib alternative form of feib: inflection of feb: accusative/dative singular nominative/vocative/accusative dual === Conjunction === fib alternative form of feib (“as, just as”) === Mutation === == Volapük == === Noun === fib (genitive fiba, plural fibs) weakness ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fibot