ribbing
Collocations
4ADJ.
battered, best, fair, lighthearted, serious
VERB + RIBBING
bit, good-natured
RIBBING + NOUN
man, school
PREP.
about
Definitions
adj
jesting; joking
noun
The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
I wish I'd had 30 dollars to lend her, it would have saved me a lot of ribbing at school.
The good-natured ribbing masks some serious points of contention not only within Berlin but also in German society as a whole.
A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
The decoration found on the stems are perpendicular ribbings, ordinary rounded mouldings, and perpendicular lobings.
An instance of teasing.
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Idioms & Phrases
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5I wish I'd had 30 dollars to lend her, it would have saved me a lot of ribbing at school.
WiktionaryThe good-natured ribbing masks some serious points of contention not only within Berlin but also in German society as a whole.
WiktionaryThe decoration found on the stems are perpendicular ribbings, ordinary rounded mouldings, and perpendicular lobings.
WiktionaryTom copped a fair bit of ribbing about his battered old car.
Tatoeba · #3662417"Embarrassment ensues," says Hanks of the lighthearted ribbing the best man often gives the groom.
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