Clues for the word "GIB"
We've had 15 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 18 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Sunday crossword on June 26, 2022.
Definition of gib
- n. - A male cat; a tomcat.
- v. i. - To act like a cat.
- n. - 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.
- v. t. - To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.
- v. i. - To balk. See Jib, v. i.
Referring Clues
- Tomcat
- Male cat
- Entrance to the Medit.
- Spawning salmon's protuberance
- Mr Salmon?
- Brit. Colony
- Iberian territory with a famous rock: Abbr.
- Machinist's wedge
- Brit. territory with a famous rock
- Noted rock site: Abbr.
- Friction reduction device
- It was ceded to Brit. in the Treaty of Utrecht
- Little Rock
- Rock back in a big way!
- Machine-part securer
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 26, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 10, 2016
- New York Times - March 08, 2013
- New York Times - September 29, 2012
- LA Times - July 23, 2012
- Canadiana - June 18, 2012
- Onion A.V. Club - August 24, 2011
- Chicago Reader - June 04, 2010
- LA Times - July 15, 2009
- LA Times Sunday - December 21, 2008
- Canadiana - December 01, 2008
- Canadiana - February 11, 2008
- New York Times - August 26, 2007
- Washington Post - May 05, 2007
- LA Times - January 27, 2006
- Washington Post - September 23, 2005
- New York Times - January 10, 1999
- New York Times - November 26, 1997