name
Meaning 1
Gibraltar
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Standard Lemma guide
gib
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/ˈɡɪb/
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[ˈɡɪb]
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/ˈd͡ʒɪb/
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UK, also, sometimes: [ˈd͡ʒɪb]
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rhymes with -ɪb
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New-Zealand: /dʒɘb/
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CMU ARPABET: G IH1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A castrated male cat or ferret.
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noun
Meaning 3
A male cat; a tomcat.
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noun
Meaning 4
A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
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noun
Meaning 5
The lower lip of a horse.
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noun
Meaning 6
A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; usually with features (such as a taper and/or set screws) that allow for fine adjustment of the part's position.
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noun
Meaning 7
A piece of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, usually
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 8
An instance of gibbing something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 9
plasterboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
A benefit or handout.
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noun
Meaning 11
Initialism of guy in back (someone who sits in the back of a jet).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: backseater
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verb
Meaning 12
To fasten in place with a gib.
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verb
Meaning 13
To destroy an in-game object so that it turns into gibs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: video-games
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verb
Meaning 14
To be turned into gibs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: video-games
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verb
Meaning 15
To install plasterboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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verb
Meaning 16
To give.
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noun
Meaning 17
a castrated tomcat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tom, tomcat
noun
Meaning 18
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gigabyte, gibibyte, G, GB
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Broader terms: computer memory unit
History
Etymology
Unknown (14th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the medieval fables of Reynard the Fox, Romaunt of the Rose, and so on.
Unknown (late 18th century).
Shortened from giblet.
From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand.
Pronunciation spelling of give
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чивия (čivija) — used for holding a machine part in place
- Bulgarian: кастриран котарак (kastriran kotarak) — A castrated male cat
- Czech: macek — A castrated male cat
- Czech: vomelík — A castrated male cat
- Volapük: hokat — A castrated male cat