tib

See also: TiB

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɪb/
  • Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of tibia.

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

  1. (medicine, informal) A tibia.

See also

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel, or related to Old English tife (“bitch”).

Noun

tib (plural tibs)

  1. (obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
    • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun
      But this woman was, he thought, no tib, no purveyor of holy mutton.
  2. (obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart

Anagrams

Kurdish

Noun

tib f

  1. medicine (field of study)


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at medicine. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see tib in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec

Numeral

tib

  1. one

References
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