rib

noun

1. Acronym of rigid inflatable boat (“a lightweight inflatable boat with a rigid hull”).
2. routing information base

verb

Etymology: From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”). Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”). (wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.

1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

   “He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.”

   “Mr. Musk, who wore a suit and tie to Thursday’s meeting instead of his usual T-shirt after Mr. Trump publicly ribbed him about his sloppy appearance, defended himself by saying that he had three companies with a market cap of tens of billions of dollars, and that his results spoke for themselves.”

3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

   “It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.”

4. To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).