fib
noun
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
are fibbing
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present progressiveof fib.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Well, they are fibbing devils if they tell you you are despised.
From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Mary Newton Stanard
"I can tell when you are fibbing just as well as need be; and I shall find out what you boys are looking so funny at each other for, yet."
From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
