gib

¹

[ gib ]

noun

1. a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
2. Machinery.
   1. a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.
   2. a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.
3. (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.

verb (used with object)

, gibbed, gib·bing.

1. to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.

gib

²

[ gib ]

noun

1. a cat, especially a male cat.
2. a castrated cat.

Gib.

³

abbreviation for

1. Gibraltar.

gib

¹

/ ɡɪb /

noun

1. a male cat, esp a castrated one

gib

²

/ ɡɪb /

noun

1. a metal wedge, pad, or thrust bearing, esp a brass plate let into a steam engine crosshead

verb

1. tr to fasten or supply with a gib

Gib

³

/ dʒɪb /

noun

1. See Gibraltar
   an informal name for Gibraltar

Word History and Origins

Origin of gib¹

First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain

Origin of gib²

1350–1400; Middle English gib ( be ), short for Gilbert proper name

Word History and Origins

Origin of gib¹

C14: probably a shortening and alteration of the proper name Gilbert

Origin of gib²

C18: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

I gib ten dollars toward de stated preaching ob de Gospel de fus' year, and de peepil all call me Brudder Dickson.

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He gib thousand—gib ten thousand—hundred thousand—million dollar—eh?

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We done yeah somethin' 'bout dis 'mancyperation befo', but we don' gib no 'count to it, Mis' G'no.

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His dogmatic and fearless attitude in controversy earned for him the nickname “Pope Gib.”

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But who was it gib'd us our freedom but dem same Nordern men; and isn't it worf sumfing to own yo'self?

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