ribbing

comparative more ribbing · superlative most ribbing

1. jesting; joking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rib

plural ribbings

1. uncountableThe action of the verb to rib; teasing.

   I wish I'd had 30 dollars to lend her, it would have saved me a lot of ribbing at school.

   1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 114

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   The good-natured ribbing masks some serious points of contention not only within Berlin but also in German society as a whole.

   2013 January 18, Nicholas Kulish, “Swabian Separatists Fling Spätzle to Make Their Point”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   In a society that values good-natured teasing, Shannon discovered the joys of ribbing without malice.

   2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 2, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 54

2. countableuncountableA rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.

   The decoration found on the stems are perpendicular ribbings, ordinary rounded mouldings, and perpendicular lobings.

   1919, MacIver Percival, The Glass Collector: A Guide to Old English Glass, page 31

3. countableAn instance of teasing.