Noun
I have to admit that I told a fib when I said I enjoyed the movie.
Is she telling fibs again? Verb (1)fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was awayVerb (2)
the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless
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Noun
Jason Isaacs told a little fib before being cast for The White Lotus season 3.—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025 Rather than going hard on law stuff or culture stuff, this episode relies a lot on Matty using her powers of empathy and her facility with fibs to crack the mystery underlying this case.—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
In a confessional, Jasmine called out her husband for fibbing.—Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025 The Mickey 17 actor, 38, addressed his habit of fibbing in interviews while speaking to The New York Times for a story published Wednesday, Nov. 4.—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fib
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