gib

UK: /'ɡɪb/ US: (gib)

Inflections of 'gib' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

gibs

v 3rd person singular

gibbing

v pres p

gibbed

v past

gibbed

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

gib¹  (gib), n., v., gibbed, gib•bing. 
n. 

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

v.t. 

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

• origin, originally uncertain 1555–65

gib²  (gib), n. 

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

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

Gib., 

1. Place Names Gibraltar.

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gib / ɡɪb/ noun

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

verb (gibs, gibbing, gibbed)

1. (transitive) to fasten or supply with a gib

Etymology: 18th Century: of unknown origin

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Gib / dʒɪb/ noun

1. an informal name for Gibraltar