rib
transitive verb
Noun (2)
Verb (2)
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English ribb; akin to Old High German rippi rib, Old Church Slavonic rebro, and probably to Greek erephein to roof over
Verb (2) and Noun (2)
probably from rib entry 1; from the tickling of the ribs to cause laughter
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (1)
circa 1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1
1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1
1912, in the meaning defined above
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