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1. Furnished or strengthened with ribs
    
2. (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
   - costate

1. (handicraft) form vertical ribs by knitting
   "A ribbed sweater"
    
2. Subject to laughter or ridicule
   "The satirists ribbed the plans for a new opera house";
   - ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, make fun, poke fun

See also: costate, riblike, rough, unsmooth

Type of: bemock, knit, mock

Antonym: ribless

Encyclopedia: Ribbed