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Definitions for Gib

[1] a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
[2] Machinery . a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides. a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.
[3] (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.
[4] to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.
[5] a cat, especially a male cat.
[6] a castrated cat.
[7] Gibraltar.
[8] a metal wedge, pad, or thrust bearing, esp a brass plate let into a steam engine crosshead
[9] (tr) to fasten or supply with a gib
[10] a male cat, esp a castrated one
[11] an informal name for Gibraltar

Words nearby Gib

giantism, giaour, giardia, giardiasis, giauque, gib, gib board, gib., gibbed, gibber, gibberd

Origin of Gib

21350–1400; Middle English gib(be ), short for Gilbert proper name

Word origin for Gib

C14: probably a shortening and alteration of the proper name Gilbert