ribbing

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective jesting; joking
2. verb present participle and gerund of rib
3. noun The action of the verb to rib; teasing.
4. noun A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
5. noun An instance of teasing.

Similar words

riblike costate rough unsmooth ragging razzing rib-tickler ribaudry ribble-rabble bantering

Often followed by

of and from on is in for to about

Word family

ribbings