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glibbing

glibbing is the present participle and gerund of glib.

Meaning of glib

Verb (1)

glib (third-person singular simple present glibs, present participle glibbing, simple past and past participle glibbed)

  1. (transitive) To make smooth or slippery.
    • There is a drunken liberty of the Tongue; which, being once glibbed with intoxicating liquor, runs wild through heaven and earth; and spares neither him that is God above, nor those which are called gods on earth.1628, Joseph Hal, “Christian Liberty Laid Forth,” in The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume V, London: Williams & Smith, 1808, p. 366...

Verb (2)

glib (third-person singular simple present glibs, present participle glibbing, simple past and past participle glibbed)

  1. (obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
    • Fourteen they shall not see
      To bring false generations. They are co-heirs;
      And I had rather glib myself than they
      Should not produce fair issue.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about glibbing

What is glibbing the present participle and gerund of?
Glibbing is the present participle and gerund of glib.

Words near glibbing in the dictionary

  1. glib
  2. glibbed
  3. glibber
  4. glibbery
  5. glibbest
  6. glibbing
  7. glibenclamide
  8. glibenclamides
  9. glibertarian
  10. glibertarians
  11. glibly

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