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Guib vs Gib - What's the difference?

guib | gib |

As nouns the difference between guib and gib

is that guib is a West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground; the harnessed antelope while gib is a bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.

As a verb gib is

to fasten in place with a gib.

guib

English

Alternative forms

* guiba

Noun

(en noun)
  • A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus ), marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground; the harnessed antelope.
  • * 1835 , Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history
    • The guib is of the mean dimensions, or four feet and a half in total length, and two and a half high at the shoulders, but rather higher at the croup.
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    gib

    English

    Etymology 1

    (18th century). Perhaps abbreviated from (m), the name of the cat in the old story of Reynard the Fox'', in the ''Romaunt of the Rose , etc.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
  • A castrated male cat or ferret.
  • A male cat; a tomcat.

    • Verb

  • To fasten in place with a gib.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from giblet.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.

    • Verb

  • (lb) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.

    • Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l) ----