gib
noun
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
gib
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[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
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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
Example Sentences
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Next comes putting in the new key and gib, or refitting the old gib.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The finished key and gib should be left tight enough, that they will hold themselves in any position in the keyway of the strap or of the rod when standing vertical.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
De sun gib light in de hebben all round.
From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Howard W. Odum
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
By thus acting in opposite directions the screws serve to check each other, holding the gib rigidly in place.
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
"The last letter, which I received at Gib. ten days ago, was from the Hotel Bristol, at Botzen, in the Tyrol, yet Bartlett says she has been seen down at Eastbourne."
From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by William Le Queux
March 6th.—We are nearing Gib., and as the danger gets worse here our zig-zagging has increased.
From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by George Davidson
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
At least two other Texas prisons, the Gib Lewis Unit and the John B. Connally Unit, have their own version of the dungeon.
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
But “that was dumb” for a 13-year-old to be driving on a busy two-lane roadway used by oil traffic, said Gib Stevens, who leads area trucking operations for an oilfield servicing company.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
“And Gib is an administrative assistant without peer,” Arnold finished.
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
The work table t is gibbed to slideways in f, and is provided with suitable automatic feed and stop motion, and of course with a hand feed also.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Poor old Saxby was always anxious that no kind of"—Prescott gibbed at the word for a moment or two—"no kind of slur should be attached....
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
The bed upon which the timber is placed to be mortised is gibbed to a sliding frame, which allows it to be set to any position, with the chisel straight or at an angle.
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
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
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
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