GIBSON

Gibson, Althea Gibson

(noun) United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)

Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson

(noun) Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)

Gibson, C. D. Gibson, Charles Dana Gibson

(noun) United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the ‘Gibson girl’ (1867-1944)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Gibson (plural Gibsons)

An English and Scottish patronymic surname.

A male given name from surnames transferred from the surname.

A small city, the county seat of Glascock County, Georgia, United States.

Noun

Gibson (plural Gibsons)

A cocktail made with gin (or vodka) and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions. [from 20th c.]

An acoustic or electric guitar made by the Gibson company.

Anagrams

• Gobins, bigons, bingos, boings, obsign

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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