fibbing
fibbing noun: the telling of a lie. Also the present participle and gerund of fib.
Noun
fibbing (plural fibbings)
- The telling of a lie.
- Of the fibbings, conventional falsehoods, and white lies disfiguring and vitiating social intercourse and common commercial transactions, it is enough to say that they are in jarring discord with […]1893, Methodist Review, volume 75, page 957
- A repeated strike of an opponent's head while holding them in a headlock; a pummelling; a drubbing; a beating.
- And so did Nick, whom sometimes there would come on / A sort of fear his spouse might knock his head off, / Demolish half his teeth, or drive a rib in, / She shone so much in 'facers' and in 'fibbing.'1837, Barham, Richard Harris, The Ghost
- 15th round. Chancery. Fibbing. Biggs makes dreadful work with his left. Break away. Rally. Biggs down. Betting still six to four on the gown-boy.1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Fight at Slaughter House”, in Men's Wives, page 17
Also used as
fibbing is also the present participle and gerund of fib.
Forms of fibbing
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Questions about fibbing
- What does fibbing mean?
- Fibbing means the telling of a lie.
- What part of speech is fibbing?
- Fibbing is a noun.
- What is the plural of fibbing?
- The plural of fibbing is fibbings.
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