Overview of noun ribbing

The noun ribbing has 2 senses

• ribbing -- (a framework of ribs)


• tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization -- (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")

Overview of verb rib

The verb rib has 2 senses

• rib -- (form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater")


• 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")