noun
- good-natured teasing or joking
- a pattern of raised lines or ridges, especially in knitted fabric
Usage: informal
verb
- present participle of rib: to tease someone in a good-natured way
Usage: informal
Examples
- His friends gave him a good ribbing about his new haircut.
- She took the ribbing about her cooking mistakes in good humor.
- The sweater had ribbing around the cuffs and neckline.
- The ribbing on the socks helped them stay up.
- They were ribbing him about being afraid of spiders.
- The ribbing pattern made the fabric more stretchy.
- He didn’t mind the gentle ribbing from his teammates.