different between fib vs gib

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

Probably from fable; compare fibble-fable (“nonsense”).

Noun

fib (plural fibs)

1. (informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
   • 1878, Henry James, The Europeans Volume 1 Chapter 6

     I am told they are very sincere; they don't tell fibs.

2. (informal, rare) A liar.

Synonyms

• (lie): See Thesaurus:lie

Translations

Verb

fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.

Translations

Derived terms

• fibber
• fibbery
• fibster

See also

• pilfer

References

• fib in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. (etymology)
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fib”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Etymology 2

Shortened from fibula.

Noun

fib (plural fibs)

1. (medicine, informal) The fibula.

See also

• tib

Etymology 3

Verb

fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)

1. (archaic, thieves' cant, boxing) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.

Synonyms

• pummel

Derived terms

• fibbing (“pummelling”)
• fibbing-gloak
• fibbing-match

References

• Farmer, John Stephen (1891) Slang and Its Analogues?^[3], volume 2, page 387

Etymology 4

Short for Fibonacci.

Noun

fib (plural fibs)

1. (neologism) A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.

Anagrams

• BFI, BIF, FBI, IBF, bif

Volapük

Noun

fib (nominative plural fibs)

1. weakness

Declension

Derived terms

• fibot

English

Etymology 1

Unknown (18th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of Reynard the Fox, in the Romaunt of the Rose, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b/
• UK sometimes also IPA^(key): /d??b/

Noun

gib (plural gibs)

1. A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
2. A castrated male cat or ferret.
3. A male cat; a tomcat.
4. A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

Translations

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. To fasten in place with a gib.

Etymology 2

Shortened from giblet.

Noun

gib (plural gibs)

1. (video games) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. (transitive, video games) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.

Etymology 3

From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand.

Pronunciation

• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /d??b/

Noun

gib (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand) plasterboard.

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. (New Zealand) To install plasterboard.

Anagrams

• BIG, GBI, big

Afar

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (jayb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ib/

Noun

gib m (plural giibitté f or gibwá f)

1. pocket

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?p/ (chiefly in formal speech)
• IPA^(key): /??p/ (overall more common)
• Rhymes: -i?p, -?p

Verb

gib

1. singular imperative of geben
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of geben

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• gibaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ip/

Verb

gib

1. second-person singular imperative of giba?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ip/

Verb

gib

1. second-person singular imperative of giba?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gyb?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?î?b/

Noun

g?b m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. movement (of body or a body part)
2. fold
3. joint

Declension

References

• “gib” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal