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fibbed

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Definition of fibbed word

  • noun fibbed Simple past tense and past participle of fib. 1

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Parts of speech for Fibbed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

fibbed popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for fibbed

noun fibbed

  • storied — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
  • lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
  • jazzed — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
  • lined — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.

verb fibbed

  • dissembled — Simple past tense and past participle of dissemble.
  • deceived — (of a person) Cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.
  • feigned — pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
  • faked — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
  • pretended — Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.

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