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gib¹

  • /ˈɡɪb/
  • [ˈɡɪb]
  • /ˈd͡ʒɪb/
  • [ˈd͡ʒɪb] UK, also, sometimes

Rhymes with -ɪb

Where it comes from

Unknown (14th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the medieval fables of Reynard the Fox, Romaunt of the Rose, and so on.

noun gibs

  1. A castrated male cat or ferret.
  2. A male cat; a tomcat.
  3. A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
  4. The lower lip of a horse.

gib²

  • /d͡ʒɪb/
  • /ɡɪb/

Where it comes from

Unknown (late 18th century).

noun gibs

  1. A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; usually with features (such as a taper and/or set screws) that allow for fine adjustment of the part's position. ‘Neuf à la banque,’ quietly said the croupier. With his spatula he faced the Greek's two cards, ‘Et le sept,’ he said unemotionally, lifting up gently the corpses of the seven and queen and slipping them through the wide slot in the table near his chair which leads into the gib metal canister to whi

verb gibs · gibbing · gibbed

  1. To fasten in place with a gib.

gib³

  • /d͡ʒɪb/

Rhymes with -ɪb

Where it comes from

Shortened from giblet.

noun gibs

  1. plural, usually A piece of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.
  2. rare An instance of gibbing something. The object is to get the most frags(with some extra enjoyment for quality frags/gibs) […]

verb gibs · gibbing · gibbed

  1. transitive To destroy an in-game object so that it turns into gibs. Johnny Turbo has a chainsaw leg he can use to slide around and gib enemies […]
  2. intransitive To be turned into gibs. Weapons like the Devastator and other explosives make enemies gib into a bloody gore […]

gib⁴

  • /dʒɘb/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɘb

Where it comes from

From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand.

noun

  1. New Zealand, uncountable plasterboard.

verb gibs · gibbing · gibbed

  1. New Zealand To install plasterboard. As the wallpaper stripping progresses the damage to walls becomes more apparent. It may require more variation orders for gibbing of walls as well as ceilings.

gib⁵

Where it comes from

Pronunciation spelling of give

verb

  1. To give. Only gib me some few shingles an’ a flo’, an’ dar yer hev jes ez good a church ez de ’postles ebber hed ter preach in.

noun gibs

  1. A benefit or handout.

GIB⁶

noun GIBs

  1. abbreviation, initialism, slang Initialism of guy in back (someone who sits in the back of a jet). You undoubtedly know that each F-4 Phantom jet carried two pilots in separate, tandem cockpits. Major Dennis Harper was the frontseater and was the AC or Aircraft Commander. Jim was the backseater or the GIB.

    Similar: backseater

Gib⁷

proper noun

  1. informal Gibraltar

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@misc{gib_2026,
  title = {gib},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gib},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}