Past tense of rib
regular verb
The past tense of rib is ribbed. The past participle is also ribbed.
Forms of rib
| Base form (V1) | rib /ɹɪb/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | ribbed |
| Past participle (V3) | ribbed |
| Present participle | ribbing /ˈɹɪbɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | ribs /ɹɪbz/ |
Ribbed in a sentence
- He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.
- Trump publicly ribbed him about his sloppy appearance, defended himself by saying that he had three companies with a market cap of tens of billions of dollars, and that his results spoke for themselves.2025 March 7, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, “Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk”, in The New York...
- Swartpuntia (frondlike metazoans) and Ernietta (ribbed saclike metazoans) are part of the Ediacaran fauna.2007, Clarence A. Hall, Jr., Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants, page 83. From the entry Ediacaran
- Janet Jackson buys Dolce & Gabbana's midway briefs and ribbed tanks from Barneys New York.1998, Elle, Issues 157-158, page 325. From the entry midway briefs
- The outer integument of the seed or testa is coarsy, yellowish in color and more or less ribbed.2003, Giovanni Dugo, Angelo Di Giacomo, Citrus: The Genus Citrus. From the entry coarsy
Meaning of rib
- noun Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- noun A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- noun A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
Questions about the past tense of rib
- What is the past tense of rib?
- The past tense of rib is ribbed.
- What is the past participle of rib?
- The past participle of rib is ribbed.
- Is rib a regular or irregular verb?
- Rib is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rib (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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