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Definition of rib verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

rib

 verb
verb
NAmE//rɪb//
 
rib somebody (about/over something) (old-fashioned) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rib
 
 he / she / it ribs
 
 past simple ribbed
 
 -ing form ribbing
 
 
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to laugh at someone and make jokes about them, but in a friendly way synonym tease He used to rib her mercilessly about her accent.
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