Definitions for ribbing



Overview of noun ribbing

The noun ribbing has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ribbing

(a framework of ribs)

2. tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization

(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")


Overview of verb rib

The verb rib has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. rib

(form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater")

2. ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun

(subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday")

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