gib
noun
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
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gib
1 American
[gib]
/ gɪb /
noun
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a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
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Machinery.
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a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.
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a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.
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(in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.
verb (used with object)
gibbed,
gibbing
gib
2
American
[gib]
/ gɪb /
noun
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a cat, especially a male cat.
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a castrated cat.
Gib.
3
American
abbreviation
gib
1
British
/ ɡɪb /
noun
verb
Gib
2
British
/ dʒɪb /
noun
gib
3
British
/ ɡɪb /
noun
Etymology
Origin of gib1
First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain
Origin of gib2
1350–1400; Middle English gib ( be ), short for Gilbert proper name
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It is gibbed to the under cutter frame u′ by the sliding gib x, the left hand head h being moved across the frame by the screw f′.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The gib is provided with horns at its ends to keep it in its place.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low
To prevent the cotter opening out the strap, and to increase the sliding surface, a gib H is introduced.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low
To insure a close contact of the gib against the vertical surface of the slide, the screws b are placed in a line slightly outside of the line of the screws a.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
This, however, may be done by the employment of a bolt as well as a gib and key, as is shown in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
"He did in Gib.; and Addis; and at matins over the precentor."
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
December 1st.—The steward when he brought me tea at 6.30 this morning, said "Gib." was in sight.
From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by George Davidson
I laid in a stock once at Gib., when we did the southern rowt.
From Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie
"Another hour will see us at Gib., lads," he announced joyously.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
I came here intending to stay a week and to write my letter on Gib. and on Tangier quietly and peacefully like a gentleman and then to go on to Malta.
From Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Charles Belmont Davis
Amy Gardiner-Gibson, who also goes by the name Amu Gib, has joined three others in ending the strike after reportedly being taken to hospital.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
A 2023 complaint to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice made by the Texas Civil Rights Project and Texas Prison Reform requested an investigation into the practice at the Gib Lewis Unit.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
“It’s devastating to hear about another loss to North Atlantic right whales,” said Gib Brogan, a campaign director at Oceana, an international conservation group based in Washington.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
“Fishery managers must increase protections to save North Atlantic right whales so seafood retailers, consumers, and restaurants can put American lobster and crab back on the menu,” Oceana campaign director Gib Brogan said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Gib was taking notes for a report he’d later write and share with the team.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
The work-holding frame or vice is supported, for circular surfaces, by being pivoted to the base at o, o, and by the gibbed head d, which has journal bearing at e.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
A frame consisting of two parts, f, f′, is gibbed to the edge of the shears at g and h.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
This is a gibbed instead of a weighted lathe, and the method of attaching the sliding block to the lathe rest is as follows:— A separate rod is pivoted to the sliding block.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Slide rests for self-acting or engine lathes are divided into seven kinds, termed respectively as follows: simple, or single, elevating, weighted, gibbed, compound, duplex, and duplex compound.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The lower end of the matcher is held in place by being gibbed to the cross tie p′, Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
That little fella is in tune with all the world!" she declared; "but those people do be always gibbing and gabbing!
From Mount Music by Martin Ross
Meanwhile the boat is plunging along through the water, the helm lashed or in beckets, and the skipper hard at work with a knife or gibbing mitt.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
A long-legged mule, after gibbing enough to satisfy his own self-respect, condescended to trot off with us up the tramway, which lay along a green drove strangely like one in the Cambridgeshire fens.
From At Last by Charles Kingsley
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