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Definition: Gib |
GibNoun1. A castrated tomcat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Gib" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bright pledge", "a pledge", "a hostage", "bright". |
Date "gib" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Note: Gib \Gib\, noun. [Etymology uncertain.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Gib /jib/ 1. vi. To destroy utterly. Like frag, but much more violent and final. "There's no trace left. You definitely gibbed that bug". 2. n. Remnants after total obliteration. Originated first by id software in the game Quake. It's short for giblets (thus pronounced "jib"), and referred to the bloody remains of slain opponents. Eventually the word was verbed, and leaked into general usage afterward. Source: Jargon File. |
Industry | A device that locks the knives into a peripheral milling cutterblock. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Gib (g soft). The cut of his gib. (See Jib.) To hang one's gib. To be angry, to pout. The lower lip of a horse is called its gib, and so is the beak of a male salmon. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A thin detachable bar used as a lateral sliding guide in a guidance with straight guide way. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Key provided with a head to facilitate withdrawal. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A temporary support at the face to prevent coal from falling before the cut is complete b. Scot. A sprag; a prop put in the holing of a seam while being undercu. (references) |
Slang | Noun, verb. Source: Comes from "giblets," which are the internal organs that come with chicken/turkey when you buy a whole one. Definition: A "gib" is a little animated bit of goo that goes flying when a player's character has been blown to bits by an explosive device such as a rocket or grenade. Also can be used as a verb, "to gib," meaning to blow someone up. Context: Gib is used whenever someone is talking about how they blew someone up or how they were blown up by someone else. Social Source: Online Computer Game Players. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GIB | English | Global Information Bank | N/A |
GIB | French | Gibraltar-code ISO | Geography, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Feline, puss, grimalkin; gib cat, tom cat. |
Dejection | Melancholy as a gib cat; oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one;s luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish, dumpish, mopish, moping; moody, glum; sulky; (discontented); out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen, chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gib |
| English words defined with "gib": Forelock bolt ♦ Gib and cotter, Gib and key, Gibbed, Gibbed lathe, Gibbing, Gib-cat ♦ Jib boom ♦ Strap head. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gib": frag ♦ Gib Cat. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "gib": Gibstaff. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gib" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (beaks, nebs, nibs). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Gib, you want a relationship (The Sure Thing; writing credit: Steven Bloom; Jonathan Roberts) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Gib mir Liebe (1968) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Go 'way, boy, you bother me! / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | You may have to choose! / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | You'd better keep them both! / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cutting up the Great Society] / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dr. Martin Luther King falling apart in the Alabama boycott] / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Whittling him down / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vote bill trying to clear the Poll Tax amendment] / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | James Meredith shot down by racism] / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Senate battling the majority] / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Just stand pat and everything will be all right! / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Crock’In is the newest entry from the GIB group. (references) | |
GIB originally owned the Pizza Hut master franchise. (references) | ||
Quick owned by the GIB group, remains the market leader in Belgium. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gib" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Gib" is used about 13 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) | 92.31% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Gib" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bright pledge", "a pledge", "a hostage", "bright". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Gib." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Gilbertine | Female | N/A | Gilbert |
| Gijsbert | Male | Dutch | Gilbert |
| Gilbert | Male | Dutch | N/A |
| Gilberta | Female | Dutch | Gilbert |
| Gib | Male | English | Gilbert |
| Gil | Male | English | Gilbert |
| Gilbert | Male | English | N/A |
| Gilberta | Female | English | Gilbert |
| Gilbert | Male | French | N/A |
| Gilberte | Female | French | Gilbert |
| Gilberta | Female | German | Gilbert |
| Gisbert | Male | German | Gilbert |
| Gilberto | Male | Italian | Gilbert |
| Gilberto | Male | Spanish | Gilbert |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Belgium | GIB SA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "gib": Gib and cotter ♦ Gib and key ♦ gib arm ♦ Gib boom ♦ gib cat ♦ ram gib. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gib": Gib-cat, gib-head. | |
| 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 |
gib | 45 |
gib sea | 11 |
gib pool san | 4 |
92 gib sea | 4 |
472 gib sea | 3 |
game gib | 3 |
84 gib sea | 3 |
gib sea yacht | 3 |
dufour gib sea | 2 |
divx gib | 2 |
andy gib | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gib"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Maçok (cat, tomcat). (various references) | |
Arabic | هر (cat, growl, grumble, puss, tomcat), المثبات. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Контраклин, Кастриран Котарак, Скоба, Слагам Клин. (various references) | |
Chinese | 凹字". (various references) | |
Czech | Vykuchat (cannibalize, clean, disembowel, eviscerate). (various references) | |
Danish | stødslædeføring (ram gib, ram guide, ram guiding), hagekile (gib-head key). (various references) | |
Dutch | geleidebaan (ram gib, ram guide, ram guiding), prisma (prism), kopspie (gib-head key). (various references) | |
French | pointe, Chat. (various references) | |
German | verbolzen (bolt), Stift (ball-point, Brad, cathedral chapter, crayon, diocese, felt tip, foundation, nail, nib, panel pin, peak, peg, pen, pencil, pin, pivot, point, seminary, spike, summit, tack, tip), Bolzen (bolt, bolts, gib head, kick about, kick around, pin, slam). (various references) | |
Greek | σφήνα με κεφάλη (gib-head key), οδήγηση του ολισθητήρα (ram gib, ram guide, ram guiding). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Ellenék. (various references) | |
Italian | perno (axis, axle, gudgeon, hinge, hub, kingpin, mainstay, pin, pivot, spindle, stud, support, swivel). (various references) | |
Manx | geu (gib staff, pain, setting pole). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ibgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | contrachaveta. (various references) | |
Romanian | Scoabã (bracer, chisel, clamp, clasp, clench, clincher, clip, cramp, crampon, dog, gouge, link, staple, strap, yoke), Panã (arrow, break down, chock, cleat, cotter, failure, feather, injury, jaw, peg, pen, pick, pinion, plug, plume, puncture, quill, quill pen, Spike, wedge), Clemã (clamp, clasp, cleat, cramp, fastener, holdfast, paper clip, yoke). (various references) | |
Russian | Клин (Fid, Gore, Spike), Укосина, Стрела Крана (Derrick). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | klin s kukom. (various references) | |
Spanish | Gibraltar (Gibraltar), pivote (pin, pivot, swivel). (various references) | |
Swedish | kil (chock, cleat, cotter, Gore, gusset, quoin, wedge). (various references) | |
Thai | ใส่ลิ่ม, แมวตัวผู้, ลิ่ม. (various references) | |
Turkish | Pim (gudgeon, pin, pintle), Cebelitarık (Gibraltar), Cıvata (bolt, pin bolt), Çivi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Планка, Кіт, Кішка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái chêm (nog, quoin), cái chèn. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gib": gibbed, gibber, gibbered, gibberellin, gibberellins, gibbering, gibberish, gibberishes, gibbers, gibbet, gibbeted, gibbeting, gibbets, gibbetted, gibbetting, gibbing, gibbon, gibbons, gibbose, gibbosities, gibbosity, gibbous, gibbsite, gibbsites, gibe, gibed, giber, gibers, gibes, gibing, gibingly, giblet, giblets, gibs, gibson, gibsons. (additional references) | |
Words containing "gib": corrigibilities, corrigibility, corrigible, dirigible, dirigibles, eligibilities, eligibility, eligible, eligibles, eligibly, exigible, flibbertigibbet, flibbertigibbets, flibbertigibbety, frangibilities, frangibility, frangible, fungibilities, fungibility, fungible, fungibles, illegibilities, illegibility, illegible, illegibly, incorrigibilities, incorrigibility, incorrigible, incorrigibleness, incorrigiblenesses, incorrigibles, incorrigibly, ineligibilities, ineligibility, ineligible, ineligibles, inexpungible, infrangibilities, infrangibility, infrangible, infrangibly, intangibilities, intangibility, intangible, intangibleness, intangiblenesses, intangibles, intangibly, intelligibilities, intelligibility, intelligible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gib" (pronounced gi"b) |
| 2 | -i" b | bib, Bibb, crib, glib, jib, kibbe, lib, Mib, nib, rib, sib. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: big. | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i" | |
-1 letter: bi. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i" | |
+1 letter: bigs, brig, gibe, gibs, glib. | |
+2 letters: begin, beige, beigy, being, bewig, bight, bigly, bigot, bilge, bilgy, binge, bingo, bogie, boing, brigs, bring, gibed, giber, gibes. | |
+3 letters: abying, airbag, baaing, baggie, bagnio, bagwig, baking, baling, baning, baring, basing, bating, baying, begins, begird, begirt, begrim, beiges, beings, benign, bewigs, biding, bigamy, bigeye, bigger, biggie, biggin, bights, bigots, bigwig, biking, bilged, bilges, binged, binger, binges, bingos, biogas, biogen, biting, blight, bluing, boding, bogies, boning, boogie, booing, boring, bougie, bowing, boxing, bridge, bright, brings, budgie, busing, buying, cubing, ebbing, gabies, gabion, gambia, gambir, gambit, gerbil, ghibli, gibbed, gibber, gibbet, gibbon, gibers, gibing, giblet, gibson, gimbal, glibly, globin, gobies, goblin, gybing, jibing, lubing, oblige, orbing, robing, rubigo, tubing. | |
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