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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ribber ribbers

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

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

Dey tells me dat when a pusson crosses dat ribber, de Lawd gives him whut he wants.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

I had five brothers and one sister and I jus' 'member, Cinto' s step-pappy try cross de ribber on a log in high water and a old alligator swaller him right up.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

Ev'y steamboat that come a-sailin' up de ribber brought beaux for Miss Lizzy Betty.

From A House Party with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

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 Huneker, James