trib

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verb

To sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

trib1

verbtrib (third-person singular simple present tribs, present participle tribbing, simple past and past participle tribbed)

present singular third person tribs · participle present tribbing · participle past tribbed · past tribbed

  1. slangTo sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.

    They had tribbed often in the past, but never in this particular position, though Laura came slowly to realize that this was a natural for them

    2006, Miranda Mars, “{ASSM} Laura - Chapter 303”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet)
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    According to the school newspaper, the Daily 49er, a group of approximately 24 Cal State Long Beach students "tribbed" (or scissored--you know) with each other for some 10 minutes in protest of the censorship of the title of their play, The Night of the Tribades.

    2010, Vickie Chang, Cal State Long Beach Students Scissor Each Other in Protest Over Censorship of Play

trib2

nountrib (plural tribs)

plural tribs

  1. informalA tributary.

Trib3

proper nounthe Trib
  1. slangAny newspaper called The Tribune.

    Jeans also had recently finished writing Tropical Disturbance: The Story of the Making of the Miami Tribune. The book, which was published as a special insert in the Trib, was both a history of the newspaper and Jeans's valentine to himself.

    2019, Willie Drye, Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, page 244

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Origin

Trib · proper noun

Clipping of Tribune.

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APA

trib. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trib

MLA

“trib.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trib. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trib,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trib.

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