ribber

¹ American  

[rib-er] / ˈrɪb ər /

noun

• ribbers
  plural

1. Cooking. a chef who specializes in grilling, often in grilling ribs.

2. Knitting. a part or attachment on a knitting machine, allowing it to make stitches that stand out in a line so as to produce a ridge or rib in the knit.

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ribber ² American  

[rib-er] / ˈrɪb ər /

noun

• ribbers
  plural

1. a person who likes to rib or tease people, play pranks, etc.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ribbers
  plural

Example Sentences

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A busy and successful comedian, who free-lances for features, has a contract for eight educational shorts a year, Vince Barnett is less famed in Hollywood as an actor than as a "ribber."

From Time Magazine Archive

An inveterate ribber, she likes practical jokes: when her good friend Clark Gable gave her a BB gun, she practiced potshots at him.

From Time Magazine Archive

I see a flatboat hauled up on de bank, an' I shubbed her off, led Challenger onto her, an' poled her off into de ribber.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various

I had just completed this culinary feat when Uncle Peter whispered to me: "Look, chile, down yander by the ribber!"

From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed

It’s wot I once heard a captin ob a ribber steamer in de States call a safety-balve wot lets off a deal o’ ’uman energy.

From The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar by Francis B. Pearson

Hollywood ribbers had great fun with the title When Tomorrow Comes.

From Time Magazine Archive

My pappy tell me jes' how cum dey cross all uh dose ribbers.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives by Work Projects Administration

There is, too, great vitality and a peculiar reserved passion, like that of a Delacroix à ribbers, and in his still-life he is as great even as Manet.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker