tib
See also: TiB
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of tibia.
Noun
tib (plural tibs)
See also
Etymology 2
Origin unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel, or related to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English tife (“bitch”).
Noun
tib (plural tibs)
- (obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun:
- But this woman was, he thought, no tib, no purveyor of holy mutton.
- (obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart
Anagrams
Kurdish
Noun
- medicine (field of study)
Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec
Etymology
Akin to Zaniza Zapotec tib
Numeral
tib
References
- Basic Vocabulary, psge 53
Uzbek
Noun
tib (plural tiblar)
Zaniza Zapotec
Etymology
Akin to Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec tib.
Numeral
tib
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