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gib
1[ gib ]
noun
- a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- 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.
- (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.
verb (used with object)
- to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.
gib
2[ gib ]
noun
- a cat, especially a male cat.
- a castrated cat.
Gib.
3abbreviation for
- Gibraltar.
gib
1/ ɡɪb /
noun
- a male cat, esp a castrated one
gib
2/ ɡɪb /
noun
- a metal wedge, pad, or thrust bearing, esp a brass plate let into a steam engine crosshead
verb
- tr to fasten or supply with a gib
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Example Sentences
I gib ten dollars toward de stated preaching ob de Gospel de fus' year, and de peepil all call me Brudder Dickson.
He gib thousand—gib ten thousand—hundred thousand—million dollar—eh?
We done yeah somethin' 'bout dis 'mancyperation befo', but we don' gib no 'count to it, Mis' G'no.
His dogmatic and fearless attitude in controversy earned for him the nickname “Pope Gib.”
But who was it gib'd us our freedom but dem same Nordern men; and isn't it worf sumfing to own yo'self?
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