Told a taradiddle

• Told a little lie
• Lied in a small way
• Told untruth
• Told a tale
• Crossed one's fingers, perhaps
• Was a little false

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying" [also: fibbing , fibbed ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastfib)