tib

See also: TiB

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of tibia.

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

1. (medicine, informal) A tibia.

See also

• fib

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel, or related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English tife (“bitch”).

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

1. (obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun:

     But this woman was, he thought, no tib, no purveyor of holy mutton.

2. (obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart

Anagrams

• B.I.T., ITB, TBI, bit

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Kurdish

Noun

1. medicine (field of study)

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Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec

Numeral

tib

1. one

References

• Basic Vocabulary, psge 53