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.
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American
abbreviation
gib
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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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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
Now, the wear in the direction of a acts directly to cause this inequality of gib fit, whereas that in the direction of b does so to a less extent, as will appear hereafter.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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
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 tool is here supported along the full length of the gib, and there is no set-screw at the top of the tool post, which enables a much more unobstructed view of the tool.
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
She never came down to Gib. that I know of, but the Major went back once or twice.
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
I laid in a stock once at Gib., when we did the southern rowt.
From Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie
Like to have the experiences of that thrilling voyage, past the Bay, past Gib., along the Mediterranean, through the Canal to the glowing East!
From An Unknown Lover by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
I said we'd be in Gib. in an hour.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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
Leadership and thoughtful management will be needed to navigate the changes in fish distribution without catastrophic results, said Gib Brogan, a campaign manager for the conservation group Oceana.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Gib, Frank and Kathy set up shop in what had once been Arnold’s living room, using the dining room table and dragging the kitchen table in too.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
A gibbed slide rest is held to the shears by gibs, as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
To the face of the standard is gibbed a sliding knee e.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The carrier, upon which is mounted the driving spindle, is gibbed to the head, and has a vertical range sufficient to allow work 18 inches high to pass under centres.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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
This base has a slide way in which a gibbed slide carrying a head is free to travel longitudinally.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
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
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
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