gib

See also: Gib, GIB, GiB, and Gib.

English

Etymology 1

Unknown (18th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of Reynard the Fox, in the Romaunt of the Rose, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪb/
• UK sometimes also IPA^(key): /dʒɪb/

Noun

gib (plural gibs)

1. A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
2. A castrated male cat or ferret.
3. A male cat; a tomcat.
4. A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

Translations

used for holding a machine part in place

• Bulgarian: чивия (bg) f (čivija)
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A castrated male cat

• Bulgarian: кастриран котарак m (kastriran kotarak)
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• Volapük: hokat

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. To fasten in place with a gib.

Etymology 2

Shortened from giblet.

Noun

gib (plural gibs)

1. (video games) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. (transitive, video games) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɘb/

Noun

gib (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand) plasterboard.

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. (New Zealand) To install plasterboard.
   • 2014 October 4, Chris Hutching, “An earthquake repair story from the south”, in NBR:

     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.

Anagrams

• BIG, GBI, big

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiːp/
• IPA^(key): /ɡɪp/

• Audio:

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Verb

gib

1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of geben.
2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of geben.

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• gibaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʲip/

Verb

gib

1. second-person singular imperative of gibaś

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡip/

Verb

gib

1. second-person singular imperative of gibać

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gybъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡîːb/

Noun

gȋb m (Cyrillic spelling ги̑б)

1. movement (of body or a body part)
2. fold
3. joint

Declension

Declension of gib

	singular	plural
nominative	gȋb	gȉbovi
genitive	giba	gibova
dative	gibu	gibovima
accusative	gib	gibove
vocative	gibe	gibovi
locative	gibu	gibovima
instrumental	gibom	gibovima

References

• “gib” in Hrvatski jezični portal