fib
/fɪb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.66 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.
Archaic
noun
A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Aſk me no queſtions, and I'll tell you no fibs."
- "Wouldn’t that serve as an excuse, in Boston? I am told they are very sincere; they don't tell fibs."
- ""Oh! you dreadful fib," said Flora."
- "Fib the cove's quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung; beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purse."
- "The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed."
- "As Biggs and his party arrived, I heard Hawkins say to Berry, "For heaven’s sake, my boy, fib with your right, and mind his left hand!""