rib
English
Noun
(en noun )
Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum
A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something
A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones
(label) Any of several curved members attached to a ship’s keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull
Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength
(label) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
(label) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth
(label) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf
A teasing joke
A single strand of hair.
A stalk of celery.
Verb
To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs
To tease or make fun of someone
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To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
* Shakespeare
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(label) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
Derived terms
{{der3, chuck rib
, middle rib
, ribcage
, rib eye
, ribgrass
, rib-tickler
, ribwort
, spare rib
, ribbed vault
, grey rib}}
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twit
English
Verb
(twitt)
To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
* 1590 , Shakespeare. History of Henry VI , Part II, Act III, Scene I
- “Hath he not twit our sovereign lady here
- With ignominious words, though clerkly couch’d,
- As if she had suborned some to swear
- False allegations to o’erthrow his state? ” –
* 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 106:
- Mr. Cramer, a policeman, came this morning and twitted me for having let a murderer hoodwink me.
* 2007 , Bernard Porter, “Did He Puff his Crimes to Please a Bloodthirsty Readership?”, review of Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer” by Tim Jeal, ”London Review of Books , 5 April, 29:7, p. 10
- H. R. Fox Bourne, secretary of the Aborigines’ Protection Society – often twitted for being an ‘armchair critic’ – wrote in a review of one of Stanley’s books
* Tillotson
- This these scoffers twitted the Christian with.
* L’Estrange
- Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is amiss.
(computing) To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
* 1995 , “Michelle Jackson”, Debutante/Question about Tori Shirts” (on newsgroup ”rec.music.tori-amos )
- However, on the Internet BBS’s such as Quartz (now dead), Prism, Monsoon, Sunset, ect(<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
- SIC”>SIC
), someone pulling that kind of crap is likely to get flamed quite fast and twitted before he/she can breathe.
* 2002 , “Chris Hoppman”, FidoNet Feed Needed” (on newsgroup ”alt.bbs )
- And no, there is no “thought purification program” that can filter out some folks(<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary
- SIC”>SIC
) obscene ideas that can be expressed w/o written vulgarities. That has to be simply “dealt” with, either by ignoring or twitting the individual that offends habitually.
Noun
(en noun )
A reproach, gibe or taunt.
A foolish or annoying person.
* (rfdate ) (Larry Kramer), Just Say No
- What do you mean, since when did I become such a radical fairy? Since I started knowing twits‘ like you, you ‘ twit !
Usage notes
In the UK and UK English-speaking areas, usually used in a humorous or affectionate manner.
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