Rib (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

• The kids in the schoolyard ribbed him mercilessly for wearing hand-me-down clothes.
• Her older siblings loved to rib her about her boy bands obsession.
• During the roast, the comedian spent several minutes ribbing the celebrity guest.
• They started to rib him about his lack of dance moves at the party.
• Her friends loved to rib her about her dated fashion sense whenever they went out.

Synonyms

• Poke Fun
• Blackguard
• Jest At
• Guy
• Laugh At
• Ridicule
• Roast
• Make Fun

Hypernyms

• Bemock
• Mock

Hyponyms

• Stultify
• Tease
• Satirise
• Lampoon
• Satirize
• Debunk
• Expose

Related Words

• Rib (noun)
• Ribbing (noun)

Meaning ²

Form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Examples

• She carefully followed the pattern to rib the cuffs of the handmade socks.
• The instructions told her to rib the three last rows of the hat.
• The knitting technique required her to rib every other row.
• The ribbed pattern added a nice texture to the homemade scarf.
• After ribbing the bottom of the sweater, she began working on the body.