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Date "GIBB" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
"GIBB" is a common misspelling or typo for: gab, gabby, gibber, gibbet, gibbon, Gibbs, gibe, glib, gob, jib. |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "GIBB" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.08% of the time. "GIBB" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.08% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Noun (common) | 1.92% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GIBB" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gibb | Last name | 1,000 | 9,696 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "GIBB": Murphy-gibb. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
andy gibb | 279 | gibb investigation maurice | 7 |
maurice gibb | 202 | gibb droll | 7 |
barry gibb | 150 | andy gibb picture | 6 |
robin gibb | 140 | tracey gibb | 6 |
cynthia gibb | 119 | don gibb | 6 |
gibb | 40 | chelsea gibb | 5 |
brother gibb | 35 | barry gibb picture | 5 |
donald gibb | 23 | andy death gibb | 5 |
gibb international service | 19 | barbara gibb | 5 |
gibb yvonne | 16 | back cynthia gibb jacks | 5 |
cynthia gibb nude | 15 | gibb linda | 5 |
tracy gibb | 13 | gibb mp3 robin | 5 |
gibb jo | 12 | andy gibb mp3 | 4 |
andy gibb lyrics | 12 | dwina gibb | 4 |
adam gibb | 11 | andy bee gees gibb | 4 |
gibb spencer | 11 | gibb morris | 4 |
death gibb maurice | 9 | gibb picture robin | 4 |
andy dancing gibb lyrics shadow | 8 | gibb jondarr | 4 |
gibb shingle | 7 | family gibb | 4 |
gibb samantha | 7 | fred gibb | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GIBB": gibbed, gibber, gibbered, gibberellin, gibberellins, gibbering, gibberish, gibberishes, gibbers, gibbet, gibbeted, gibbeting, gibbets, gibbetted, gibbetting, gibbing, gibbon, gibbons, gibbose, gibbosities, gibbosity, gibbous, gibbsite, gibbsites. (additional references) | |
Words containing "GIBB": flibbertigibbet, flibbertigibbets, flibbertigibbety. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-g-i" | |
-1 letter: bib, big, gib. | |
-2 letters: bi. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-g-i" | |
+2 letters: ebbing, gibbed, gibber, gibbet, gibbon. | |
+3 letters: babying, barbing, bibbing, billbug, bobbing, bombing, boobing, bribing, bubinga, cabbing, dabbing, dibbing, dubbing, fibbing, fobbing, fubbing, gabbier, gabbing, gibbers, gibbets, gibbing, gibbons, gibbose, gibbous, glibber, gobbing, gribble, hobbing, jabbing, jibbing, jobbing, lobbing, mobbing, nabbing, nibbing, ribbing, robbing, rubbing, sabbing, sobbing, subbing, tabbing, tubbing, webbing. | |
+4 letters: babbling, billbugs, blabbing, blobbing, blubbing, blurbing, bobbling, bombings, bubbling, bubingas, bumbling, burbling, clubbing, cobbling, crabbing, cribbage, cribbing, dabbling, dibbling, drabbing, dribbing, drubbing, dubbings, flubbing, gabbiest, gabbling, gabbroic, gabbroid, gibbered, gibbeted, gibbsite, glibbest, globbier, gobbling, grabbier, grabbing, gribbles, grubbier, grubbily, grubbing, hobbling, imbibing, kibbling, lobbying, nibbling, nobbling, pebbling, rabbling, ribbings, rubbings, rubbling, scabbing, slabbing, slubbing, snibbing, snubbing, stabbing, stobbing, stubbing, subbings, swabbing, swobbing, tabbying, wabbling, webbings, wobbling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 49 42 42 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .. -... -... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001001 01000010 01000010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G I B B |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0049 0042 0042 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41433636 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Names: Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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