gib
(noun) a castrated tomcat
gigabyte, gibibyte, GB, GiB
(noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gib (plural gibs)
A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
A castrated male cat or ferret.
A male cat; a tomcat.
A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)
To fasten in place with a gib.
Shortened from giblet.
gib (plural gibs)
(video games) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.
gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)
(transitive, video games) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.
gib (uncountable)
(New Zealand) plasterboard.
gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)
(New Zealand) To install plasterboard.
• BIG, GBI, big
SI decree on gigabyte vs. gibibyte
GiB (plural GiBs)
SI abbreviation for gibibyte or gibibytes.
• GB
• BIG, GBI, big
Source: Wiktionary
Gib, n. Etym: [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.]
Definition: A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]
Gib, v. i.
Definition: To act like a cat. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Gib, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw. Gib and key, or Gib and cotter (Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.
Gib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing.]
Definition: To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
Gib, v. i.
Definition: To balk. See Jib, v. i. Youatt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
