'Ribbing' definitions:
Definition of 'ribbing'
From: WordNet
noun
A framework of ribs
noun
The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization]
Definition of 'Ribbing'
From: GCIDE
- Rib \Rib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ribbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ribbing.]
- 1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To rib land, to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in plowing. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ribbing'
From: GCIDE
- Ribbing \Rib"bing\, n. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Ribbing'
- Rib,
- Ribbed,
- Chuck rib,
- Diagonal rib,
- False ribs,
- Floating ribs,
- Fore ribs,
- Lierne rib,
- Middle rib,
- Rib Lake,
- Rib Mountain,
- Rib grass,
- Ribbed vault,
- Short rib,
- Sternal ribs,
- To rib land,
- rib cage,
- rib roast,
- ribbed toad,
- short ribs,
- true rib,
- Quintuple-ribbed,
- Rib Lake, WI,
- Rib Mountain, WI,
- chuck short ribs,
- rib joint pliers,
- rock-ribbed,
- standing rib roast,
- white-ribbed,
- Rib-band lines