the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
Ribbing is friendly teasing. I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates. = teasing
Ribbing is a method of knitting that makes a raised pattern of parallel lines. You use ribbing, for example, round the edge of sweaters so that the material can stretch without losing its shape. = rib
An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like
Revenue increasing Budget - an automated process in SAP R/3 where revenue in designated funds is automatically converted to budget (spending permission) in a process which runs overnight
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"
If you rib someone about something, you tease them about it in a friendly way. The guys in my local pub used to rib me about drinking `girly' drinks. = tease see also ribbed, ribbing. ribbed ribbing to make jokes and laugh at someone so that you embarrass them, but in a friendly way = tease
(n) A thin, flat feature of an object that acts as a structural support Ribs, webs, spokes, lugs and other thin features are not section lined if a cutting plane passes parallel to the feature
One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel
A preassembled framing unit that includes a set of roof-framing components (for example, a roof truss), wall studs, and sometimes a floor joist The ribs are erected on 16- or 24-inch centers and tied together with roof sheathing and siding Typically used for smaller prefabricated sheds and barns
support resembling the rib of an animal a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) a teasing remark cut of meat including one or more ribs form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater
These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material