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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gigabyte, gibibyte, G, GB, GiBnoun

    a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

  2. gibnoun

    a castrated tomcat

Wiktionary

  1. GiBnoun

    SI abbreviation for gibibyte or gibibytes.

  2. Etymology: Unknown origin (18th century)

ChatGPT

  1. gib

    1) In manufacturing, gib refers to a small, straight metal device used for controlling motion or aligning machine parts. 2) In gaming, it is used as slang for killing or destroying a character or object. The term is derived from 'giblets', referring to fragments or small parts. 3) In zoology, it is also used as a term for a male cat, especially one that is castrated or neutered. 4) "Gib" can also refer to Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, often used informally or in shorthand.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gibnoun

    a male cat; a tomcat

  2. Gibverb

    to act like a cat

  3. Gibnoun

    a piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw

  4. Gibverb

    to secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs

  5. Gibverb

    to balk. See Jib, v. i

  6. Etymology: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Wikidata

  1. Gib

    Gibs, short for giblets, is a humorous term referring to the variably-sized body parts, fragments, and offal produced when non-player characters or game players are damaged or killed in video games. Adrian Carmack has been credited for coining the term "gibs". To "gib" one's opponents is to hit them with such force that they rupture.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gib

    jib, n. the projecting arm of a crane: a wedge-shaped piece of metal holding another in place, &c.—v.t. to fasten with such.

  2. Gib

    jib, n. a cat—Also Gib′-cat (Shak.). [A corr. of Gilbert, as 'Tom-cat,' hardly for glib=lib.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. gib

    1. vi. To destroy utterly. Like frag, but much more violent and final. “There's no trace left. You definitely gibbed that bug”. 2. n. Remnants after total obliteration.Originated first by id software in the game Quake. It's short for giblets (thus pronounced “jib”), and referred to the bloody remains of slain opponents. Eventually the word was verbed, and leaked into general usage afterward.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. gib

    A forelock.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gib in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gib in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Gib in a Sentence

  1. Nick Mabey:

    Privatisation threatens to destroy investor confidence which in turn will damage both energy security and the UK economy. On no account should more than 49 percent of the public stake in the GIB be sold now.

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