Reverse Dictionary: LIAR

ADJECTIVES
► CRONKY corrupt, dishonest, lying → 1920s criminals’ sl.
► FALSIDICAL suggesting as true what is really false; falsehood-telling → 1886
► FIBLING addicted to telling little fibs → 1681 obs.
► FRONTIN’ lying → 20C teen & high school sl.
► FULL OF BULL deceitful; full of nonsense and lies → 20C US sl.
► FULL OF CRAP deceitful; full of nonsense and lies → 20C US sl.
► FULL OF IT full of lies; stupid → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FULL OF SHIT deceitful; full of nonsense and lies → 20C US sl.
► FULL OF SHIZZLE full of lies; stupid → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► ILL AS WAGHORN said of an extravagant liar → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► JIVE-ASS lying; deceitful; boastful → 1993 sl., orig. African-American (Bk.)
► KITTLE-TONGUED fluent, given to falsehoods → 19C Eng. dial.
► LEASE untrue, false, lying → a900 obs.
► LEASING lying → 1873
► LOSENGEOUS lying, flattering → 1632 obs.
► MENDACILOQUENT speaking lies; lying → 1656 obs.
► MYTHOMANE exhibiting mythomania, exaggerating, lying → 1962
► MYTHOMANIAC exhibiting mythomania, exaggerating, lying → 1928

NOUNS
► APPLE SAUCE nonsense; insincere flattery; lies → 1925 US sl.
► BABBLE a lie → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAG O’ LIES a string of falsehoods → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BALLHOP a rumour, an unsupported theory; a lie → 1970s Irish sl.
► BALM a lie → M19 sl.
► BANG a ‘thumping’ lie → 1879 colloq.
► BANGER an outstanding lie → 1814 sl.
► BATCRAP lies, nonsense, rubbish → 1940s US sl.
► BATSHIT lies, nonsense, rubbish → 1940s US sl.
► BEDTIME STORY a simplistic and condescending explanation for something; a lie → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BELYING 1. giving of the lie; denial → 1587
2. telling lies of anyone; calumniation → 1632
► BENDER a great lie → 1842 Eng. dial.
► BIG ONE an incredible story; a whopper → 1915 Amer. dial.
► BLACK STORY a decidedly bad lie → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BLAGUE pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug; mendacious boasting → 1837
► BLAW a boast; a lie from ostentation → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLAZER an error or lie → 1906 Amer. dial.
► BLOW boasting; a boast, bravado; a falsehood told from ostentation → 1805 Sc.
► BOOMER anything excessively large or notable of its kind; a huge lie → 1885 Aust. sl.
► BOUNCE a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger → 1714
► BOUNCER a brazen or startling lie → 1803
► BOUNCING a bragging, boasting, or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding → 1634
► BUCKET OF SHIT falsehoods, untruths, lies → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception → 1914 criminals’ sl.  (Bk.)
► BULLDUST bullshit, nonsense, lies → 1920s Aust. euphemism
► BULLFUCK nonsense; lies → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception → 1914 sl., orig. US
► BULL TWANG a lie → 20C Aust. sl.
► BUNG a lie, a falsehood → 1882 sl.
► CAROLINY SWAMPER a long lie → 1812 Amer.
► CHEESE a lie; nonsense; exaggeration → 20C Amer. sl.
► COD deception, deceit; a lie → 20C sl., orig. Irish
► COKER a lie → M17 sl.
► CORRAL DUST lies and tall tales → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► CRACK loud talk, boast, brag; exaggeration, a lie → c1450 arch.
► CRACKER a lie; a very tall story → 1625 colloq.
► CRAM a lie → 1842 sl.
► CRAMMER a lie → 1861 sl.
► CRAP trivial, insincere or untruthful talk or writing; nonsense, lies → 1898
► CRETICISM the art of coining or inventing lies → 1614 obs.
► CRETISM the art of coining or inventing lies → 1656 obs.
► CROCK OF SHIT a mass of lies and deception worth no more than dung; bragging; nonsense; ‘bullshit’ → 1945 US sl.
► CRUD trivial, insincere, or untruthful talk or writing; nonsense; lies → 1943 sl.
► CRUMPER something that is extremely large; a big lie → 1855 colloq.
► CUFFER a lie; a tale; an exaggerated and improbable story → 1891 Eng. dial.
► DAILY (MAIL) a tale, thus a lie → 1920s rhyming sl.
► DUNT a slanderous falsehood → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EYEWASH words or actions meant to conceal reality rather than reveal it; lies or untruths → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FAIRY STORY a ‘hard luck’ tale; any unlikely tale; a downright lie or excuse → 20C colloq.
► FAIRY TALE a ‘hard luck’ tale; any unlikely tale; an unbelievable lie or excuse → 20C colloq.
► FALDERAL an idle fancy; conceit, nonsense; a trifling excuse; a falsehood → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FALSE what is false; a falsehood; a lie → c1380
► FALSEDOM treachery; untruth; a falsehood → 1297 obs.
► FALSITUDE a lie → 2001 US sl.
► FARADIDDLES lies of the amusing kind → E19 sl.
► FIB a small or trivial lie → 1611
► FILLIPER an unanswerable argument; a big lie → 19C Eng. dial.
► FISH STORY a great big lie → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FISH TALE a great big lie → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLAM nonsense; humbug; flattery; a lie; a deception or sham → 1598 sl.
► FRATCH a lie; a petty deception or theft → 19C Eng. dial.
► GAB mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit → a1300 obs.
► GABBING lying, falsehood, a lie → a1250 obs.
► GAG a falsehood, a lie, an invention, a story → 1805 sl.
► GALLEY-PACKET a made-up story, a lie; an unfounded rumour → 1867
► GAMMON insincere or exaggerated talk, ridiculous nonsense suited to deceive simple persons; humbug or flattery, rubbish, lies → 1781 UK sl.
► GANDYING foolish, boasting language; exaggerating, lying → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GOFFER a lie; an exaggeration → 1839 Eng. dial.
► GOOD ONE ► GOOD ‘UN a lie → 1813 sl.
► GUFF lies, untruths; nonsense → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GUSH nonsense; lies → 1887 Amer. dial.
► HASSAYAMPING telling a lie; making a preposterous claim; exaggerating → 1901 Amer. dial.
► HOCKEY ► HOCKIE ► HOCKY nonsense; lies → 1930s US sl.
► HUMMER a stunning lie → 1699 sl., obs.
► JACKANORY a lie → 20C rhyming sl. for a tall story
► JACOB a lie → 1908 Amer. dial.
► JIM-CRACK a lie → 1908 Amer. dial.
► LAIR the act or fact of lying → c893 obs.
► LALAPALOOZA an extremely tall tale; a lie → 1918 Amer. dial.
► LALDRUM ► LELDRUM noisy, foolish talk; nonsense; an improbable tale, falsehoods → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEASE an untruth, falsehood, lying → c888 obs.
► LEASING ► LESING a lie, a falsehood → c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LIE LAID ON WITH A TROWEL an out-and-out falsehood → 19C
► LIE OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH an utter falsehood → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LIE WITH A LATCHET, A an out-and-out lie → 1610
► LIKELY STORY, A a statement greeted with incredulity; a lie → 1865 sl.
► LIKELY TALE, A a statement greeted with incredulity; a lie → 1749 sl.
► LIZA a lie; a liar → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIZA JANE a lie; a liar → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LOAD a lie; a liar → 1933 Amer. dial.
► LOLLOPALOUSER a great lie → 1917 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LONG BOW an exaggeration, a lie → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LOUD ONE a big lie → c1670 colloq.
► MADE LIE a deliberate falsehood → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAG a lie → 1910s Aust. sl.
► MAGOO, THE a lie, a trick, a hoax → 1930s US sl.
► MAKE-UP a fabrication, a lie → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MANTIE the act of giving the lie → a1578 Sc. obs.
► MENTITION the act of lying; a falsehood → 1656 obs.
► MOCK a sham, cheat, swindle; a falsehood → 1821 Sc.
► MOTHER HUBBARD nonsense, fanciful talk, lies → 1980s sl.
► MULGA ► MULGA WIRE a rumour, a lie → L19 Aust.
► MYTHOMANIA a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate; also, an obsession with myths and mythology → 1909
► NAILER a marvellously good thing, animal, or person; an exceptionally good hand at something; anything of superior or surprising quality; a surprising lie → a1818 colloq.
► NANCY STORY an elaborate fabrication → 1858 Trinidad and Tobago
► NELLIE (BLIGH) ► NELLY BLIGH ► NELLY BLY a lie → 1910s rhyming sl.
► OFFICIOUS LIE a lie told as an act of kindness to do another good → 1577 obs.
► OIL lies, misinformation → 1930s sl.
► OLD HAT the prize supposed to be won by a person telling a great lie → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONE a persuasive if mendacious story, a lie, a ‘line’ → L19 sl.
► OUT-AND-OUTER a notable lie → 1835 sl.
► PACKET a false report; a falsehood → 1796
► PENNSYLVANIA HURRICANE a long lie → 1812 Amer.
► PHONY JAZZ a lie; a trick; deliberate misinformation → 1950s African-American sl.
► PILE OF SHIT nonsense; lies; a deceptive story → M20 US sl.
► PLUMPER an arrant lie → 1812 colloq., obs.
► POOMER anything very large or of an extraordinary size; a big lie → 19C Eng. dial.
► PORCUPINE a lie → 1980s sl. (corruption of ‘porky’)
► PORKER a lie → 2012 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PORKIE ► PORK PIE ► PORKY ► PORKY PIE a lie → 1940s Brit. rhyming sl.
► PSEUDOMANIA pathological lying →1991 (Bk.)
​► RAMPELTER a big lie → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAPPER an arrant lie; a downright falsehood → 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RATCHER an exaggeration; a lie → 1876 Eng. dial.
► RATTLER a great falsehood, a lie → 1825 Eng. dial.
► REGULAR FLAM, A a lie → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► RIPPER an outrageous lie; anything of particular excellence → 1851 sl.
► SALISBURY a polite evasion; a ‘white lie’ → L19 sl.
► SCAVEL-AN’-GOW the noise of confused talking; chatter, scolding; a pack of lies → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCREAMER an extravagant lie → 1939 Amer. dial.
► SCREED a lie, a fabrication → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRIFT a recitation; a long-winded story; a written composition; a made-up tale; a falsehood → 1766 Sc. obs.
► SHIT trivial, insincere, or untruthful talk or writing; nonsense, lies → 1924 sl.
► SKIT a mild lie → 1893 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMOKE lies, big talk, exaggeration, or flattery → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► SNOW smooth talk, bluff, bluster, lies → 1940s orig. US sl.
► SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause → 1940s US sl.
► SPARE RIB a trivial lie → 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘fib’
► STORY a lie → a1697
► STRAMMER a big lie, a falsehood → 1746 Eng. dial.
► STRETCHER an exaggeration, a falsehood, a lie → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRILL a cheating lie → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SWACK-UP a falsehood → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SWINGER a great or bold lie → 1671 obs.
► TACKER a great falsehood → 1777 Eng. dial.
► TALE OF A ROASTED HORSE, A an invented story, an idle tale, a fiction, a falsehood→ 1570
► TALLIE a ‘tall’ story; a lie, an exaggeration → 1930s Aust. sl.
► TALL STORY an extravagant, boastful story; a lie → 1846 colloq.
► TALL TALE an extravagant, boastful story; a lie → 1846 colloq.
► TALLYDIDDLE a trifling falsehood, a petty lie; a fib → 1865 colloq.
► TARADIDDLE ► TARRADIDDLE ► TARIDIDDLE a trifling falsehood, a petty lie; a fib → 1796 colloq.
► TARGER anything very large or out of the common; a monstrous lie → 1884 N. Ireland
► THUMPER a big lie → 1660 colloq.
► THUNGER any large of its kind, or of unusual size; a monstrous lie → 1857 Eng. dial.
► THWACKER a big lie → 1674 obs.
► TIDDYWHOPPER an untruth, a falsehood → 19C Eng. dial.  obs.
► TINGER a lie; an untruth → 1777 Eng. dial.
► TRIPE nonsense; untruths, lies → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TWANGER a barefaced lie → 1877 sl.
► TWISTER a grossly exaggerated tale; a lie → 1834 nautical usage, obs.
► UNTROTH an untruth; a falsehood → 1386
► WALLOPER anything very large; an astounding lie → 1840 Eng. dial.
► WAPPER a thumping lie → 1791 colloq.
► WHACK a lie → 1906 Amer. dial.
► WHACKER anything abnormally large or notable of its kind; a big lie; a heavy blow, a thump → 1770
► WHAPPER a thumping lie → 1791 colloq.
► WHIZZER a falsehood; a glaring untruth → 1892 Eng. dial.
► WHOPPER a thumping lie → 1791 colloq.
► WINDIES tall tales, lies → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► WINDY an extravagantly exaggerated or boastful story; a tall tale, a lie → 1911 Amer. dial.
► WOLF TICKET ► WOOF TICKET a lie, a bluff, a challenge, an empty threat → 1971 Amer. dial.
► WOPPER a thumping lie → 1791 colloq.
► WRINKLE a lie, a fib → 1812 sl.
► WRONGGO ► WRONGO something wrong or improper; an error, a lie, a misstatement, etc. → 1937 Amer. sl.
► YANKER a big or ‘thumping’ lie → 1822 Sc. obs.
► YARN a lie → 1835 sl.
► YED a falsehood; a fib, an exaggerated tale → 1825 Sc. obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABYDOCOMIST a liar who boasts of his her falsehood → 2001 (Bk.)
► ACTOR anyone out to deceive or project a phony image; a con-man; a liar → 1844 US sl.
► ANANIAS a liar → 1890 Eng. sl.
► BALDFACED LIAR an infamous liar → 1989 (Bk.)
► BANGER a person who lies → 19C
► BAREFACED LIAR an infamous liar → 1989 (Bk.)
► BERGAEAN a great liar → 1922 (Bk.)
► BOUNCER a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar → 1834
► BUGIARD a liar; a lying braggart → a1670 obs.
► BULLSHIT ARTIST a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; one who excels at boasting or lying → 1942 sl., orig. US
► BULLSHITTER a flatterer; an exaggerated talker; someone who excels at boasting or lying → 1933 sl., orig. US
► CAL a liar → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CANTER GLOAK a liar → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► CRACK a boaster, a braggart, a liar → a1640 obs.
► CRACKER a boaster, a braggart; a liar → 1509
► CRAPPER a bragger; a teller of lies and nonsense → M20 US sl.
► CROCK OF SHIT a person who tells lies → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DUNT a slanderous falsehood → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FABLER one who speaks falsely; a liar → 1362 obs.
► FABULIST one who invents falsehoods → 1625
► FLIBBER-GIBBER a lying knave; a sycophant; a glib or oily talker → 1894 obs.
► GABBER a liar; a deceiver; also, a scornful or mocking person → a1325 obs.
► GALLOPING LIAR someone who tells stories big and fast → 1992 Amer. South  (Bk.)
► GAMMONER a person who talks volubly or flatteringly, esp. so as to deceive or cajoler another into a particular course of action; a talkative, unreliable person; a liar; one who tells deceitful tales  → 1819
► GUNNER one who lies in order to do harm → 1709 sl. obs.
► GUNSTER a bouncing fellow, a ‘cracker’; a harmless liar → c1700 sl.
► HAIRPIN a liar, a cheat → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON a liar → 2004 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► HASSAYAMPA ► HASSAYAMPER orig. an Arizona gold-rusher; an old-timer, esp. one given to exaggeration; later, a liar → 1901 Amer. dial.
► JACOB a liar → 1908 Amer. dial.
► JEFF ARTIST a liar; a confidence trickster → 1960s US sl.
► LEASER a liar → c950 obs.
► LEASING-MAKER a liar → 1388
► LEASING-MONGER a liar → c1380 obs.
► LEIGHSTER a female liar → c1325 obs.
► LIE a liar → 1894 Amer. dial.
► LIGGER a liar → 19C Eng. dial.
► LIZA a lie; a liar → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIZA JANE a lie; a liar → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LOAD a lie; a liar → 1933 Amer. dial.
► LONG-BOW MAN a liar → c1678 Brit. sl.
► LOSENGER a false flatterer; a lying rascal, a deceiver → 1303 obs.
► LYREBIRD a liar; a mimic → 20C Aust. sl.
► MEXICAN ATHLETE one who lies or exaggerates → 1993 Amer. dial., derogatory
► MYTHOMANE a person obsessed with or passionate about myths; later, a person having a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate → 1954
► MYTHOMANIAC a person obsessed with or passionate about myths; later, a person having a tendency or compulsion to create myths, tell lies, or exaggerate → 1857
► OCKIER ► OCKYER a liar, a fibber → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONE-EYED SCRIBE a monumental liar; an insignificant person → 1983 African-American sl.
► PAUL BUNYAN a liar → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PSEUDOLOGER a maker of false statements; a liar → 1656
► RATCHER one who exaggerates; a liar → 1868 Eng. dial.
► STORY a liar → 1869 sl., orig. generally children’s usage, later African-American
► TARADIDDLER a petty liar → 1880 colloq.
► TARRADIDDLE a liar → 1887 Eng. dial.
► TOM PEPPER a liar → 1867 nautical usage
► TOWN CRIER a liar → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► UNDIGESTED ANANIAS a triumphant liar → L19 sl.
► WAGGIE a nickname for a liar → 1921 Sc.
► WILLIE-FISHER ► WILLY-FISHER a notorious or brazen liar → 1866 Sc.
► WILLING LIAR one who tells a premeditated and unnecessary falsehood → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WINDY a talkative person, esp. one who lies or exaggerates → c1930 Amer. sl. 
► WINDY-WALLETS a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration; a vain boaster → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WRINKLER a person prone to telling lies → 1812 sl.
► YENTZER a deceiver, a liar → 1936 US sl.

PHRASES
► DAM OF THAT WAS A WHISKER, THE applied to a great lie → c1675 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► HE COULDN’T LIE STRAIGHT IN BED of a compulsive cheat, swindler, or liar → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BATSHIT to tell lies; to tease; to confuse with false information → 1960s US sl.
► BELIE 1. to tell lies about; esp. to calumniate by false statements → a1225
2. to give the lie to; to call false, to contradict as a lie or a liar; to reject as false, to deny the truth of → 1577 obs.
► BLAGUE to tell lies in jest; to hoax, to humbug → 1883
► BULL to lie; to exaggerate → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BULLDUST to lie, to fabricate → 1960s Aust. euphemism
► BULLSHIT to flatter; to deceive with insincere or flattering talk; to lie to someone → 1937 sl., orig. US
► BUSHWHACK to ambush; to cheat; to steal; to lie → World War II Amer. sl.
► CALL WHITE BLACK to call or make something the opposite of what it really is; to lie → a1475
► CRETIZE to play the Cretan, i.e. to lie, to tell lies → 1655 obs.
► CROSS THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER to become unable to tell the truth → 1927 Amer. dial.
► DOG to tell a lie → 1938 Amer. dial.
► EAT THE BIBLE to lie; to forswear oneself → 1930 US sl.
► FABLE to speak falsely; to talk falsehoods, to lie → 1530 obs.
► FAKE ON to deceive someone; to lie to someone; to stand someone up → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FALSE to lie; to deceive → 1930s Aust. sl.
► FALSIFY to make a false representation or statement; to deal in falsehoods → 1629 obs.
► FIB to lie → 1690
► FILL THE BILL to be a whopping lie → c1885 colloq. obs.
► FLAM to flatter; to lie; to take in → 1893 colloq. (Bk.)
► FLING THE HATCHET to make false or exaggerated statements; to tell lies → 1780
► FLIP THE SCRIPT to lie; to change one’s story → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FRATCH to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke; to boast unduly → 1790 Eng. dial.
► GAB 1. to tell lies to, to deceive → c1275 obs.
2. to lie, to tell lies → a1300 obs.
► GACK to talk idly, to chatter; to lie → 1900 Ireland (Bk.)
► GAMMON to humbug; to deceive; to tell lies → 1812 colloq.
► GANGE ► GAUNGE to brag, to boast; to exaggerate, to fib → 1825 Sc.
► GONK to lie → 1991 US sl.
► GUZZLE to lie → L18 sl.
► HORSE to trick or deceive; to swindle; also, to hoax, to bluff, to flatter, to lie to → 1891 US sl.
► HORSESHIT to lie to; hence, to flatter → 1955 US sl.
► HOSE to cheat or deceive someone; to lie to someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► JACK to tease someone; to lie → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► JACOB to lie; to tell a falsehood → 1908 Amer. dial.
► JAZZ to lie to; to deceive → 1927 Amer. dial.
► JEFF to lie; to work a confidence trick; to fool a victim → 1960s US criminals’ sl.
► JIVE to tease, to put someone on; to mislead, to con; to pretend; to lie, to cheat → 1928 Amer. dial.
► LEASE to tell lies → c1000 obs.
► LIE IN ONE’S TEETH to lie grossly or maliciously
► LIE IN ONE’S THROAT to lie foully or infamously → 1601
► LIE LIKE A GAS-METER to lie freely, to lie to any extent → 1897 Eng. dial.
► LIE LIKE A RUG to tell enormous lies → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)
► LIE LIKE A TOMBSTONE to tell a great lie → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LIZAR to lie → 1909 Amer. dial.
► MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way → 1975 African-American sl.
► NAIL TO THE COUNTER to expose as false or spurious; to expose as a lie → 1842
► NAIL to expose a lie → 1785 sl.
► OCKY to lie, to tell untruths → 1819 Eng. dial.
► PASS THE BOTTLE OF SMOKE to give countenance to a conventional falsehood; to make pretense → 1867
► PULL THE LONG BOW to lie, to tell falsehoods → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► PUT ON THE SHAM to carry out a lie or hoax → 1960s Amer. sl.
► RAME to talk nonsense; to rave; to exaggerate, to tell tall stories or lies → 1847 Sc.
► RATCH ► RETCH to stretch, to extend; to exaggerate, to lie; to impose upon → 1819 Eng. dial.
► REMB to rave in speaking; to tell lies → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► RHYME to tell lies → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RIFF to brag; to lie → 1990 US sl.
► SCREED to repeat a lying fabrication → 1843 Sc.
► SELL A WOLF ► SELL A WOLF TICKET ► SELL A WOOF ► SELL A WOOF TICKET to talk nonsense, to lie → 1960s African-American sl.
► SELL ONE A PACKET to hoax, to deceive, to lie → 1785 sl.
► SHIT to tell lies, to exaggerate → 1934 sl.
► SHIT THROUGH ONE’S MOUTH to lie blatantly → 1970s sl.
► SHIT THROUGH ONE’S TEETH to lie blatantly → 1970s sl.
► SHOVEL THE SHIT to lie or boast excessively → E20 US sl.
► SHUCK to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SPIN A YARN to tell a story, usually a long one; to pitch a tale; to tell lies → 1812 orig. nautical sl.
► SPRUCE to tell tall tales; to lie in order to evade a duty → 1917 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
► STRAMMER to lie outrageously → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► STRETCH to exaggerate; to lie → a1844 sl.
► STRETCH THE BLANKET to lie or tell a tall tale → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► STRING A WHIZZER to lie or tell a tall tale → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SWALLOW THE BIBLE to lie; to forswear oneself → 1930 US sl.
► TALK TRASH to talk insincerely, to boast, to lie, esp. when pursuing sex → 1950s African-American sl.
► TARADIDDLE ► TARRADIDDLE to tell fibs; to impose upon, or bring into some condition, by telling lies → 1828 colloq.
► TELL STORIES to lie → a1697
► THROW THE HATCHET to exaggerate; to tell fabulous stories or lies → 1893
► TURN BLACK INTO WHITE to call or make something the opposite of what it really is; to lie → 1672
► WHACK to lie, to exaggerate → 1906 Amer. dial.
► WHIBBLE to lie → c1730 Eng. dial. obs.
► WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie → Brit. sl.
► WRINKLE to tell a lie → 1812 sl. obs.
► YARN to lie, to tell a falsehood → 1891 Amer. dial.
► YED to tell a fib; to exaggerate a tale → 1825 Sc. obs.