ribbing

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noun

Good-natured teasing: badinage, banter, chaff, raillery, taunt. See laughter.

An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as timberwork sustaining a vaulted ceiling.

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For a list of words related to ribbing, see:

• Fashion, Trim, and Sewing - ribbing: vertical ridge on cloth, esp. on knit material
• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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See words rhyming with "ribbing."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ribber, drilleri, ribstrikning, ribkant

Nederlands (Dutch)
geribbeld materiaal, ribbels, plagerij

Français (French)
n. - nervures, côtes, stries

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rippen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νεύρωση

Italiano (Italian)
presa in giro, armatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nervuras (f)

Русский (Russian)
система ребер, усиление ребрами

Español (Spanish)
n. - nervadura, acanalado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - räfflor, skämt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
肋材构架, 肋材, 肋骨, 肋骨状组织

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 肋材構架, 肋材, 肋骨, 肋骨狀組織

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 늑골, 늑상 조직, 이랑 짓기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 骨組, 畝, あばら骨, うね立て, あぜ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التضليع وهي طريقه توزيع الأضلاع في ورق النبات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פסים בולטים, צלעות‬

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