Gibbed vs Fibbed - What's the difference?
gibbed | fibbed |
(gib)
A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
A castrated male cat or ferret.
A male cat; a tomcat.
To fasten in place with a gib.
(lb) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.
(lb) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.
(fib)
(informal) A , especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
* Henry James
To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
As verbs the difference between gibbed and fibbed
is that gibbed is past tense of gib while fibbed is past tense of fib.gibbed
English
Verb
(head)gib
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Etymology 1
(18th century). Perhaps abbreviated from (m), the name of the cat in the old story of Reynard the Fox'', in the ''Romaunt of the Rose , etc.Noun
(en noun)Verb
Etymology 2
Shortened from giblet.Noun
(en noun)Verb
Anagrams
* (l), (l) * (l) ----fibbed
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Verb
(head)fib
English
Etymology 1
Probably from fable''; compare ''fibble-fabble (nonsense).Noun
(en noun)- They are very serious; they don't tell fibs .