English > fib: 2 senses > noun 1, communicationMeaning | A trivial lie. |
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Example | "he told a fib about eating his spinach" |
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Synonyms | story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle |
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Narrower | fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance | An interesting but highly implausible / implausible story |
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Broader | lie, prevarication | A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
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Spanish | bola, cuento, embuste, historia, mentira, patraña |
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Catalan | bola, conte, història, mentida, trola |
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Verbs | fib | tell a relatively insignificant lie |
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