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ribbing

 
Noun ribbing has 2 senses
  1. ribbing - a framework of ribs
    --1 is a kind of
    framework, frame, framing
  2. tease, teasing, ribbing - the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
    --2 is a kind of harassment, molestation
    Derived form: verb rib2
Verb rib has 2 senses
  1. rib - form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
    --1 is one way to
    knit
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
    --2 is one way to mock, bemock
    Derived forms: noun rib4, noun ribbing2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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