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gib

1  [gib] noun, verb, gibbed, gib⋅bing.
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–noun
1. a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
2. Machinery.
a. a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides.
b. a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening.
3. (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together.
–verb (used with object)
4. to fasten (parts) together by means of a gib.
Origin:
1555–65; orig. uncert.

gib

2  [gib]
–noun
1. a cat, esp. a male cat.
2. a castrated cat.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME gib(be), short for Gilbert proper name

Gib.

 
Gibraltar.
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gib 1   (gĭb)   
n.  A plain or notched, often wedge-shaped piece of wood or metal designed to hold parts of a machine or structure in place or provide a bearing surface, usually adjusted by a screw or key.
tr.v.   gibbed, gib·bing, gibs
To fasten with a gib.

[Origin unknown.]
gib 2   (gĭb)   
n.  A male cat, especially a castrated one.

[Middle English, probably short for the personal name Gilbert.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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GIB

  1. mod.
    good in bed; good as a sexual partner. (Usually objectionable. Initialism.) : How does he know if he's GIB?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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