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glibs

glibs is the plural of glib.

Meaning of glib

Noun (1)

glib (plural glibs)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A person's mouth or tongue.
    • "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."1857, Hidden Links; Or the Schoolfellows. A Tale, volume 2, page 233
    Synonyms:
    dubber

Noun (2)

glib (plural glibs)

  1. (historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland.
    • Whom when she saw in wretched weedes disguiz'd, / With heary glib deform'd and meiger face, / Like ghost late risen from his grave agryz'd, / She knew him not […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about glibs

What is glibs the plural of?
Glibs is the plural of glib.

Words near glibs in the dictionary

  1. glibertarians
  2. glibly
  3. glibness
  4. glibnesses
  5. glibornuride
  6. glibs
  7. glibutimine
  8. glicaramide
  9. glicentin
  10. glicetanile
  11. Glick

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