gib

1
[ gib ]

noun
  1. a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

  2. Machinery.

    • a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.

    • a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.

  1. (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.

verb (used with object),gibbed, gib·bing.
  1. to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.

Origin of gib

1
First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain

Other definitions for gib (2 of 3)

gib2
[ gib ]

noun
  1. a cat, especially a male cat.

  2. a castrated cat.

Origin of gib

2
1350–1400; Middle English gib(be), short for Gilbert proper name

Other definitions for Gib. (3 of 3)

Gib.

abbreviation
  1. Gibraltar.

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British Dictionary definitions for gib (1 of 3)

gib1

/ (ɡɪb) /


noun
  1. a metal wedge, pad, or thrust bearing, esp a brass plate let into a steam engine crosshead

verbgibs, gibbing or gibbed
  1. (tr) to fasten or supply with a gib

Origin of gib

1
C18: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for gib (2 of 3)

gib2

/ (ɡɪb) /


noun
  1. a male cat, esp a castrated one

Origin of gib

2
C14: probably a shortening and alteration of the proper name Gilbert

British Dictionary definitions for Gib (3 of 3)

Gib

/ (dʒɪb) /


noun
  1. an informal name for Gibraltar

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