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bib
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n 1: top part of an apron; covering the chest
2: a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating
v 1: drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac"
[syn: tipple, bib]
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corncrib
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n 1: a crib for storing and drying ears of corn
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crib
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n 1: baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: crib, cot]
2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
(often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot, crib]
3: a bin or granary for storing grains
4: the cards discarded by players at cribbage
5: a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is
dealt six cards and discards one or two [syn: cribbage,
crib]
v 1: use a crib, as in an exam
2: take unauthorized (intellectual material)
3: line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"
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fib
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n 1: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach";
"how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn:
fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle]
v 1: tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not
acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"
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glib
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adj 1: marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib
generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"
2: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
slick commercial" [syn: glib, pat, slick]
3: artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-
tongued hypocrite" [syn: glib, glib-tongued, smooth-
tongued]
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jib
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n 1: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the
foremast)
v 1: refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib]
2: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail
jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, jib, change course]
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midrib
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n 1: the vein in the center of a leaf [syn: midrib, midvein]
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nib
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n 1: the writing point of a pen [syn: nib, pen nib]
2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb,
nib, pecker]
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rib
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n 1: support resembling the rib of an animal
2: any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from
the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar
bones in most vertebrates) [syn: rib, costa]
3: cut of meat including one or more ribs
4: a teasing remark
5: a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or
plant
6: a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling;
may be ornamental or structural
v 1: form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
2: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the
plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the
inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the
professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast,
guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make
fun, poke fun]
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sahib
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n 1: formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in
colonial India; used after the name
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sib
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n 1: a person's brother or sister [syn: sibling, sib]
2: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an
ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood
relative, cognate, sib]
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sparerib
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n 1: a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off
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squib
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n 1: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a
broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise
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gib
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n 1: a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30
(1,073,741,824) bytes [syn: gigabyte, gibibyte, G,
GB, GiB]
2: a castrated tomcat
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mib
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n 1: a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20
(1,048,576) bytes [syn: megabyte, mebibyte, M, MB,
MiB]
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carib
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n 1: a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern
South America and the Lesser Antilles [syn: Carib, Carib
Indian]
2: the family of languages spoken by the Carib [syn: Carib,
Caribbean language]
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sennacherib
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n 1: king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated
Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by
Babylonians (died in 681 BC)
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lib
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ib
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cribb
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skibbe
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squibb
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trib
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bibb
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dib
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dibb
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gibb
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kibbe
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