Gib Definition

gĭb
gibbed, gibbing, gibs
noun
An adjustable piece of metal, etc. for keeping moving parts of a machine in place or for reducing friction.
Webster's New World
A male cat; esp., a castrated male cat.
Webster's New World

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

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Synonyms:
verb
To fasten or fit with a gib.
Webster's New World

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

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abbreviation
Gibraltar.
American Heritage
symbol

The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Gibraltar.

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Other Word Forms of Gib

Noun

Singular:
gib
Plural:
gibs

Origin of Gib

  • Unknown origin (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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English probably short for the name Gilbert

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortened from giblet.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gib Sentence Examples

  • Gib's action in forming the Antiburgher Synod led, after prolonged litigation, to his exclusion from the building in Bristo Street where his congregation had met.

  • When in 1747 "the Associate Synod," by a narrow majority, decided not to give full immediate effect to a judgment which had been passed in the previous year against the lawfulness of the "Burgess Oath," Gib led the protesting minority, who separated from their brethren and formed the Antiburgher Synod (April loth) in his own house in Edinburgh.

  • His dogmatic and fearless attitude in controversy earned for him the nickname "Pope Gib."

  • The common gamer term "gib" (derived from giblet, the dense gizzard organ you find in some table fowl) was born in these games - an enthusiastic word for the bloody chunks that go flying when you shoot an opponent.

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