Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fib
Participle: fibbed
Gerund: fibbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fib |
| you | fib |
| he;she;it | fibs |
| we | fib |
| you | fib |
| they | fib |
Perfect
| I | have fibbed |
| you | have fibbed |
| he;she;it | has fibbed |
| we | have fibbed |
| you | have fibbed |
| they | have fibbed |
Past
| I | fibbed |
| you | fibbed |
| he;she;it | fibbed |
| we | fibbed |
| you | fibbed |
| they | fibbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fibbed |
| you | had fibbed |
| he;she;it | had fibbed |
| we | had fibbed |
| you | had fibbed |
| they | had fibbed |
Future
| I | will fib |
| you | will fib |
| he;she;it | will fib |
| we | will fib |
| you | will fib |
| they | will fib |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fibbed |
| you | will have fibbed |
| he;she;it | will have fibbed |
| we | will have fibbed |
| you | will have fibbed |
| they | will have fibbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fib |
| you | fib |
| he;she;it | fib |
| we | fib |
| you | fib |
| they | fib |
Perfect
| I | have fibbed |
| you | have fibbed |
| he;she;it | have fibbed |
| we | have fibbed |
| you | have fibbed |
| they | have fibbed |
Imperfect
| I | fibbed |
| you | fibbed |
| he;she;it | fibbed |
| we | fibbed |
| you | fibbed |
| they | fibbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fibbed |
| you | had fibbed |
| he;she;it | had fibbed |
| we | had fibbed |
| you | had fibbed |
| they | had fibbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fib |
| you | would fib |
| he;she;it | would fib |
| we | would fib |
| you | would fib |
| they | would fib |
Perfect
| I | would have fibbed |
| you | would have fibbed |
| he;she;it | would have fibbed |
| we | would have fibbed |
| you | would have fibbed |
| they | would have fibbed |
Imperative
| you | fib |
| we | Let's fib |
| you | fib |
Verbs conjugated like 'fib'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fib'
bib,
dib,
fab,
fid,
fig,
fin,
fit,
fix,
fiz,
fob,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”).
Sample Sentences
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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. [1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, published 1788, To Fib:]
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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. [1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:]
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As Biggs and his party arrived, I heard Hawkins say to Berry, "For heaven’s sake, my boy, fib with your right, and mind his left hand!" [1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Fight at Slaughter House”, in Men's Wives, page 16:]
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Then there was a wild scuffle and a furious outcry, and all the bargemen for a moment seemed to hug me and themselves too; when, as there was no room to hit out, in the phraseology of the ring, I fibbed at half-a-dozen waistcoats and faces with all my might and main. [1865, Grantley Berkeley, “Eton Boys”, in My Life and Recollections, volume 1, page 311:]
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Quoth he, "Thou dost surely jest when thou sayest that thou dost not understand such words. Answer me this: Hast thou ever fibbed a chouse quarrons in the Rome pad for the loure in his bung?" [1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC, part sixth, page 207:]