gib
noun
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
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
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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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It is gibbed to the bed plate z by the gib f, which is so constructed as to be free from dirt.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
By employing a gib instead of a weight, the bed may be provided with cross girts or ribs joining the two sides of the shear, thus giving much greater stiffness to it.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Inglesa no 'fraid Boloko, no 'fraid Elobela; Inglesa gib Batukuno hut, gib food, gib plenty rings.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
This may be remedied by making the point of the screw of such a cone that it will bed fair against gib c, without passing into a recess, the construction being as in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
The jaws of the gib are sometimes made slightly taper at a, 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
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
At Gib. we had been told that a rumour had reached England, and appeared in the "Daily Mail," that the "Aquitania" had been torpedoed.
From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by George Davidson
And the antipodes of Gib. would be lat.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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
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
“This report paints a clear picture: our current safeguards are not enough,” said Gib Brogan, campaign director for Oceana, an ocean advocacy group, in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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
“And Gib is an administrative assistant without peer,” Arnold finished.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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
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
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
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
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
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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