1. Tell a relatively insignificant lie
   "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

1. A trivial lie
   "he told a fib about eating his spinach";
   - story, tale, tarradiddle [informal], taradiddle [informal], porky [Brit, informal], porky pie [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: fibs, fibbing, fibbed

Type of: lie[2], prevarication

Encyclopedia: Fib