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Word entry · 7 letters

ribbing

Best crossword clue

"knit ridges"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɪbɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted bbgiinrStarts with REnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Playful teasing or ridged material in fabric or knitting.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

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

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