ribbing

Other forms of ribbing

plural

ribbings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ribbing

What does ribbing mean?

ribbing means "a framework of ribs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ribbing?

ribbing has 2 syllables: rib-bing. The stress falls on "rib". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪbɪŋ/.

What is another word for ribbing?

Close synonyms include tease, teasing, tantalization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ribbing a common word?

ribbing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.