gib
noun
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
gib
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[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
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American
[gib]
/ gɪb /
noun
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a cat, especially a male cat.
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a castrated cat.
Gib.
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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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By thus acting in opposite directions the screws serve to check each other, holding the gib rigidly in place.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
To prevent the cotter opening out the strap, and to increase the sliding surface, a gib H is introduced.
From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low
She had red shawl; she gib it me, but I make her take dollar for it.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
This, however, may be done by the employment of a bolt as well as a gib and key, as is shown in Fig.
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
"He did in Gib.; and Addis; and at matins over the precentor."
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
I said we'd be in Gib. in an hour.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
December 1st.—The steward when he brought me tea at 6.30 this morning, said "Gib." was in sight.
From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by George Davidson
"Another hour will see us at Gib., lads," he announced joyously.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
"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
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
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
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
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
To the face of the standard is gibbed a sliding knee e.
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
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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