ribbing

rib (“tease”, verb) +‎ -ing; from the common practice of tickling the ribs to cause laughter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪbɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪbɪŋ

ribbing

1. present participle and gerund of rib

ribbing (countable and uncountable, plural ribbings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
   • 2013 January 18, Nicholas Kulish, “Swabian Separatists Fling Spätzle to Make Their Point”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The good-natured ribbing masks some serious points of contention not only within Berlin but also in German society as a whole.

2. (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
   • 1919, MacIver Percival, The Glass Collector: A Guide to Old English Glass, page 31:

     The decoration found on the stems are perpendicular ribbings, ordinary rounded mouldings, and perpendicular lobings.

3. (countable) An instance of teasing.

• Gribbin, bribing