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fib

verb

  1. express an innocuous lie
L14814 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. mild untruth
L14815 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fɪb/

noun

Etymology: Short for Fibonacci.

  1. A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.

verb

  1. To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.

    Fib the cove's quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung; beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purse.

    The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.