1 [C] any of the curved bones that are connected to the SPINE and surround the chest:
a broken / bruised / cracked rib * Stop poking me in the ribs!
seealsoRIBCAGE
2 [U,C] a piece of meat with one or more bones from the ribs of an animal
seealsoPRIMERIB, SPARERIB
3 [C] a curved piece of wood, metal or plastic that forms the frame of a boat, roof, etc. and makes it stronger:
a roof with rib vaulting
4 [U,C] a way of knitting that produces a pattern of vertical lines in which some are higher than others:
a rib cotton sweater
IDIOMS see DIGv.
verb (-bb-) [VN] ~ sb (about / over sth) (old-fashioned, informal) to laugh at sb and make jokes about them, but in a friendly way:
He used to rib her mercilessly about her accent.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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