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noun

Definition of fibsnext
plural of fib
as in lies
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs

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fibs

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of fib
as in prevaricates
to make a statement one knows to be untrue fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away

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fibs

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of fib, British
as in licks
to strike repeatedly the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless

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  1. lies
  2. tales
  3. stories
Noun
  • To uncover the truth about a pernicious insurance industry practice, staffers with the New York’s state attorney general’s office decided to tell a series of lies.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The breach led by Peters heightened concerns that rogue election workers sympathetic to partisan lies could use their access and knowledge to attack voting processes from within.
    Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of lies
Noun
  • The project is heavy on woozy tales of the erotic ups and emotional downs of falling hard, and the deadpan, adrift flows of Scoob and friends, like professional skirt-chaser Shaudy Kash, are like bumping Baby Smoove and Veeze with brain fog.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But do not look for tales of her in the old songs.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of tales
Noun
  • That means not just naming your values and putting them in a frame on the boardroom wall, but also making a real effort to create and share stories that speak to those values.
    Samantha Reynolds, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But these polished descriptions, like many attempts to summarize compelling stories, rarely convey the excitement of reading a book that genuinely surprises you.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of stories
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