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What is another word for a fib?

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Noun

A lie, typically an unimportant one

The act of evading or avoiding a clear and honest response

Verb

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

To strike or hit repeatedly

To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

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Noun

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A lie, typically an unimportant one

terminological inexactitude

departure from the truth

pretence^UK

pretense^US

sham

red herring

barefaced lie

figment of the imagination

rumor^US

rumour^UK

economy with the truth

fibbery

figment of imagination

deviation from the truth

improvisation

error

fibs

disregard for the facts

artifact^US

artefact^UK

misleading information

poetic license^US

poetic licence^UK

coloring^US

colouring^UK

chimera^US

chimaera^UK

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“Is a fib really a fib if the teller is unaware that he is uttering an untruth?”

Noun

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The act of evading or avoiding a clear and honest response

colouring^UK

coloring^US

beating about the bush

overgeneral reasoning

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

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Verb

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To tell a lie or something that is untrue

be economical with the truth

tell untruths

stretch the truth

depart from the truth

tell a terminological inexactitude

create fiction

tell a fib

speak with forked tongue

pull the wool over someone's eyes

tell a little white lie

create out of thin air

phony^US

phoney^UK

put on the wrong track

send on a wild goose chase

lead astray

lack candor

give the wrong impression

lie through one's teeth

color^US

colour^UK

give a false account of

dramatize^US

put the wrong slant on

dramatise^UK

doctor up

weight

misattribute

give a false impression of

mold^US

mould^UK

put words in someone's mouth

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

romanticise^UK

romanticize^US

give a false picture of

bastardize^US

bastardise^UK

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“Now and then, he would fib about these towns, villages and cities which he had never set foot in.”

Verb

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To strike or hit repeatedly

pummelled^UK

pummel^US

belabour^UK

belabor^US

beat the living daylights out of

give someone a hiding

knock around

lay one on

knock about

give someone a good hiding

knock into the middle of next week

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

dust someone's britches

wham

give someone a beating

give someone a drubbing

give someone a good beating

give someone a good drubbing

victimize^US

give someone the works

victimise^UK

give the cat o'nine tails

knock someone's lights out

beat someone's brains out

go for

connect with

jump down one's throat

give someone what for

give a going over

fix someone's wagon

have someone's guts for garters

criticize^US

criticise^UK

terrorize^US

come into collision with

demonize^US

demonise^UK

terrorise^UK

make things hot for someone

discriminate against

punish unfairly

get on someone's back

give a hard time

have your knife into

pick on

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“Sarah was so enraged that she started to fib the punching bag with all her strength, releasing her frustration with each powerful strike.”

Verb

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To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

temporise^UK

temporize^US

balk^US

baulk^UK

dance around an issue

worm one's way out of

play it close to the vest

play your cards close to your chest

not give a straight answer to

beat about the bush about

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