fibbing

noun2

1. •
   (informal) The telling of a lie.

   • Of the fibbings, conventional falsehoods, and white lies disfiguring and vitiating social intercourse and common commercial transactions, it is enough to say that they are in jarring discord with […] — 1893
2. •
   (no longer used) A repeated strike of an opponent's head while holding them in a headlock; a pummelling; a drubbing; a beating.

   • 15th round. Chancery. Fibbing. Biggs makes dreadful work with his left. Break away. Rally. Biggs down. Betting still six to four on the gown-boy. — 1852