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Traditional English :: gibe
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giber.html - v. & n. (also jibe) --v.intr. (often foll. by at) jeer, mock. --n. an instance of gibing; a taunt. giber n. [perh. f. OF giber handle roughly] |
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Traditional English :: gib
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giber.html - n.
a wood or metal bolt, wedge, or pin for holding a machine part etc. in place. [18th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: Gib.
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giber.html - n.
colloq. Gibraltar. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: gibber(1)
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giber.html - v. & n. --v.intr. speak fast and inarticulately; chatter incoherently. --n. such speech or sound. [imit.] |
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Traditional English :: gibber(2)
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giber.html - n.
Austral. a boulder or large stone. [Aboriginal] |
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Traditional English :: gibberellin
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giber.html - n. one of a group of plant hormones that stimulate the growth of leaves and shoots. [Gibberella a genus of fungi, dimin. of genus-name Gibbera f. L gibber hump] |
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