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Showing words for FIBBING using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Fibbing

fibbing

4 Letter Words for Fibbing

bibi, bing, fini

3 Letter Words for Fibbing

bib, big, bin, bnf, fbi, fgn, fib, fig, fin, gib, gif, gin, ign, inf, ing, nbg, nib, nig

Definitions for Fibbing

[1] a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
[2] to tell a fib.
[3] a trivial and harmless lie
[4] (intr) to tell such a lie

Words related to Fibbing

fibplant, shovel, concoct, fabricate, equivocate, invent, falsify, palter, promote, prevaricate, jive

Words nearby Fibbing

fibfiasco, fiat, fiat justitia, ruat caelum, fiat lux, fiat money, fib, fiber, fiber bundle, fiber optics, fiber pen, fiberboard

Origin of Fibbing

1560–70; short for fibble-fable nonsense, gradational compound based on fable

Other words from Fibbing

fib·ber , fib·ster , noun
un·fib·bing , adjective

Word origin for Fibbing

C17: perhaps from fibble-fable an unlikely story; see fable

Synonyms for Fibbing

concoct, equivocate, fabricate, falsify, invent, jive, palter, plant, prevaricate, promote, shovel, create fiction, make up, speak with forked tongue, stretch the truth, tell a little white lie, trump up