English to German Meaning of fib - Flunkerei

Fib :

Flunkerei

noun

Rose, Windel, Flunkerei, Atem, Wind, Regel, Steuerung, Atmung, Humbug, Scherz

verb

Flunkerei

Fib :: FlunkereiFiber :: FaserFibers :: FasernFibs :: fibsFibular :: fibular

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Definitions of fib in English

Noun(1) a trivial lie
Verb(1) tell a relatively insignificant lie

Examples of fib in English

(1) A Bucks source with no reason to fib claims there is no truth to the report SF Glenn Robinson is on the market.(2) why did you tell him such a dreadful fib?(3) There is a manuscript note by another official which comments on this minute; it refers to ├ö├ç├┐a certain old fashioned reluctance to tell a whopping fib, or even a little fib , depending on the number of permanent inhabitants├ö├ç├û.(4) Seth wasn't the only person allowed to fib every now and then.(5) He justified the fib by saying the made-up support would be more credible than self-promotion alone.(6) Is a fib really a fib if the teller is unaware that he is uttering an untruth?(7) And a lie from the White House - or a fib or a misrepresentation or a fudged number - can go a long way toward distorting the national discussion.(8) But we also ought to have some sources that won't fib or sugar-coat to appease their key demographic group.(9) Existence in the real world is just not possible without an occasional fib or an expertly timed falsehood.(10) It is such a common fib because it is such a comforting fib .(11) But a Cornell professor recently claimed to have established the truth of a curious proposition: We fib less frequently when we're online than when we're talking in person.(12) That means smear campaigns, dirty politics and lots and lots of fibs .(13) By the end of the apprenticeship, war had broken out and Archie volunteered for the Royal Air Force, fibbing a little about his age, so that he could get in.(14) Unless, you know, they're fibbing a little and don't really have any confidence in their actions at all?(15) Perhaps he was fibbing when he said credibility was Salon's most important asset.(16) I, by contrast, am fascinated by weather and believe that people claiming not to be are fibbing .

Related Phrases of fib

(1) fib ::

Flunkerei

Related Phrases of fib

(1) fib ::

Flunkerei

Synonyms

Noun

1. lie ::

Lüge

2. untruth ::

Unwahrheit

3. falsehood ::

Lüge

4. made-up story ::

erfundene Geschichte

5. invention ::

Erfindung

6. fabrication ::

Herstellung

7. deception ::

Täuschung

10. half-truth ::

halbe Wahrheit

12. whopper ::

Mordsding

Antonyms

1. truth ::

Wahrheit

Different Forms

fib, fiber, fibers, fibs, fibular

English to German Dictionary: fib

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English to German Dictionary: fib

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