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1. A framework of ribs
    
2. The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
   "his ribbing was gentle but persistent";
   - tease, teasing, tantalization, wind-up [Brit, informal], tantalisation [Brit]

1. [informal] Subject to laughter or ridicule
   "The satirists ribbed the plans for a new opera house";
   - ridicule, roast [informal], guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, make fun, poke fun
    
2. (handicraft) form vertical ribs by knitting
   "A ribbed sweater"
    
3. Form ridges or a rib-like pattern
   "the rock above and below was ribbed with sharp edges"
    
4. Form or support with an architectural rib or ribs

Derived forms: ribbings

See also: joke

Type of: bemock, frame, framework, harassment, knit, mock, molestation

Encyclopedia: Ribbing, Maria