ribbing

rib +‎ -ing; meaning 'teasing', from the common practice of tickling the ribs to cause laughter.

• Rhymes: -ɪbɪŋ

ribbing

1. present participle of rib

ribbing (countable and uncountable, plural ribbings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to rib.
2. (countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
   • 1919, MacIver Percival, The Glass Collector: A Guide to Old English Glass (page 31)

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

3. (countable) An instance of teasing.

• Gribbin, bribing