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
Example Sentences
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“De ol’ debbil done gib meh a boost then fo’ suah!”
From Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best by Burt L. Standish
The sliding gib f is adjustable for wear.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
Massa gubbunor gib me dem to fetch home, but me no no war he go do wid dem; me no dem well heaby though.”
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
"Yer don ax me fer gib yer suffin jes' now; and I ain't got nuffin 'cep' my close what I got on."
From Recitations for the Social Circle by James Clarence Harvey
In other forms of rod a gib and key are used as well as two bolts.
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
Our days at pleasant "Gib." are drawing to a close.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by J. J. Smith
"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
And the antipodes of Gib. would be lat.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
"Another hour will see us at Gib., lads," he announced joyously.
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
“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
Gib was taking notes for a report he’d later write and share with the team.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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
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 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
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
Considering the road, it was not unnatural that my men gibbed a little at the eleven-day accomplishment.
From Across China on Foot by Edwin John Dingle
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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