Gib

What do we mean by gib?

A plain or notched, often wedge-shaped piece of wood or metal designed to hold parts of a machine or structure in place or provide a bearing surface, usually adjusted by a screw or key. noun

To fasten with a gib. transitive verb

A male cat, especially a castrated one. noun

A familiar name for a cat; hence, as a generic name, any cat, especially an old cat: commonly used for the male. noun

To behave like a cat.

To castrate, as a cat.

To eviscerate or disembowel, as a fish. Also gip.

A hooked stick. noun

A wooden support for the roof of a coal-mine. noun

A piece of iron used to clasp together the pieces of wood or iron of a framing which is to be keyed. noun

In steam-mach., a fixed wedge used with the driving-wedge or key to tighten the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting-rod. noun

The projecting arm of a crane; a gibbet. Also jib. noun

The wedge or adjusting-shoe by which wear is taken up at a sliding contact, such as a cross-head moving on guides. noun

A prism. noun

The hooked mandible of the male salmon or trout which is formed during the breeding-season. noun

A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw. noun

The fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod. noun

To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. transitive verb

An engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight. transitive verb

A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.

A castrated male cat or ferret.

A male cat; a tomcat.

A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

Words that are spelled similarly to gib:
gib.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gib:
mib, sdram, livy, ddr, burrito, expandable, sie, mir, sata, silky, ich, byte, singleton, disk, minus, chips, dawson, kernel, addressing, gibraltar, memory, ram, parsons, file, module, gibson, arnold, processor, bart, limit, bits, lewis, linux, sustainable, storage, supports, address, infrastructure, drives, cards, improvement, external, cool, hand, trio, hardware, card, drummer, cat, internal, maximum, swiss, summit, mrs, stores, respectively, pages, capacity, device, write, die, windows, gate, read, investment, flying, transfer, size, format, depending, gas, give, data.

Words that rhyme with gib:
glib, crib, rib, jib, bib, nib, lib, ib, sib, mib, ad-lib, corncrib, ad lib, trib, gibb, bibb, true rib, cribb, squibb, kibbe, flying jib, matrilineal sib, patrilineal sib, dibb, gay lib, grzyb, skibbe, nibbe.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gib:
old, upper, lower, tapered, arabic, young, top, identical, dear, adjustable, annular, significant, acute, last, poor, flibber, ready, clean, single, little, tonnish, thin.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gib:
head, cat, heads, tarik, tappet, boom, tubs.

Consonant match to gib:
gab, gob, gabe, geib, gaub.

Words that sound like gib:
gib, guib, gub, geb, gebe, gubb, gabe, gab, gob, goob, gip, gabb, geib, ghip, kib, keb, kibbe, gup, gep, gsb, gap, cub, gape, goop, glib, gibbs, gop, gibber, gawp, grib, gaup, ghb, gope, gerb, gbe, grb, geep, kub, gilb, gapp, gih, gaap, gpe, goap, gerbe, gibi, gibbed, glb, gibba, gdb, geap, gbb, gbw, gkb, gwb, jib, gibb, jibb, gyb, cab, cob, kip, cobb, cabe, cobe, kob, kipp, coob, koob, kab, kibe, qube, cobh, qip, qib, yib, caib, kyp, qab, caab, kaab, caub, cohb, keyb, kyb, qob, tkip, yyb, grub, gga, glub, grubb, greb, gha, geh, gubs, geber, geba, gebi, gheber.