FIB
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fib¹
- /fɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
Where it comes from
Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”).
noun fibs
- A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. Aſk me no queſtions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
- A liar. "Oh! you dreadful fib," said Flora.
verb fibs · fibbing · fibbed
- To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
fib²
- /fɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
Where it comes from
Clipping of fibula.
noun fibs
- The fibula.
fib³
- /fɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
verb fibs · fibbing · fibbed
- 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.
fib⁴
- /fɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
Where it comes from
Short for Fibonacci.
noun fibs
- A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
FIB⁵
noun FIBs
- Initialism of focused ion beam.focused ion beam
- Initialism of fucking Illinois bastard.fucking Illinois bastard
- Initialism of flying inflatable boat.flying inflatable boat
