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1. A framework of ribs
    
2. The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
   "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
   - tease, teasing, tantalization, wind-up [Brit], tantalisation [Brit]

1. 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

Derived forms: ribbings

Type of: bemock, framework, harassment, knit, mock, molestation

Encyclopedia: Rib