fibbing

«fibbing» in Mova's school dictionary: telling small lies, usually about unimportant things — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form (fib, fibs, fibbed, fibbing); noun fibber

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Fibbing is telling small lies, usually about unimportant things. tree →

2) A fibber is someone who tells fibs. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday and playground talk; honesty lessons. «Fib» sounds softer than «lie» but it is still not telling the truth. Phrases: stop fibbing, are you fibbing?, a little fib.

examples

• Are you fibbing about eating your vegetables? tree →
• He was fibbing when he said the dog ate his homework. tree →
• Stop fibbing and tell me what happened. tree →
• I caught my brother fibbing about brushing his teeth. tree →
• She admitted she had been fibbing. tree →
• Fibbing gets you into more trouble in the end. tree →

note

Double b: fibbed, fibbing. Informal; in formal writing use «lying». A fib is still a lie, even if small. Not related to «fibre».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fibbing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.