mib
mib noun: a marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target.
Noun (1)
mib (plural mibs)
- A marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target.
- On my first shot of the last game, I hit two mibs, my shooter and one marble exiting the ring, but leaving a snooger, which is a “commie rat” target marble near the rim of the ring.2002, Norah L. Lewis, Freedom to Play: We Made Our Own Fun, page 114
- Thirteen five-eighths-inch marbles (“mibs”) are set in a cross in the center. Each mib should be three inches from its neighboring mib. Each player shoots with a “shooter,” a marble that's one-half to three-quarter inches in diameter.2002 May, Sean McCollum, “For All the Marbles”, in Boys' Life, page 28
Noun (2) capitalized: MIB
MIB (countable and uncountable, plural MIBs)
- Initialism of man in black.
- Initialism of men in black.
- Initialism of methylisoborneol.
- Initialism of motion-induced blindness.
Adjective capitalized: MIB
MIB (not comparable)
- mint in box
Symbol capitalized: Mib
Mib
- Abbreviation of Mibit.
Forms of mib
| plural | mibs |
|---|---|
| plural | MIBs |
Origin of mib
Perhaps a corruption of marble.
Words formed from mib
- 2-MIB
Questions about mib
- What does mib mean?
- Mib means a marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target.
- What part of speech is mib?
- Mib can be a noun, an adjective or a symbol.
- What is the plural of mib?
- The plural of mib is mibs.
Words near mib in the dictionary
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