noun
- the act of telling small lies or untruths
Usage: gerund form
verb
- telling small lies or untruths, especially harmless ones
Usage: present participle of ‘fib’
Examples
- She was fibbing when she said she had finished her homework.
- Stop fibbing about where you were last night.
- His constant fibbing made it hard to trust him.
- The child was caught fibbing about breaking the vase.
- Fibbing about small things can become a bad habit.
- I could tell he was fibbing by the way he avoided eye contact.
- Her fibbing got her into more trouble than telling the truth would have.