ribbed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb form vertical ribs by knitting
    rib.
    • A ribbed sweater
  2. verb subject to laughter or ridicule
    laugh at; make fun; ridicule; blackguard; poke fun; roast; guy; rib; jest at.
    • The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
    • The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
    • His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
  3. adjective furnished or strengthened with ribs
  4. adjective satellite (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
    costate.

WordNet


Ribbed adjective
Definitions
  1. Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.
  2. (Mining) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal. Raymond.

Webster 1913