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trib

trib verb: to sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.

Verb

trib (third-person singular simple present tribs, present participle tribbing, simple past and past participle tribbed)

  1. (slang) To sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.
    • They had tribbed often in the past, but never in this particular position, though Laura came slowly to realize that this was a natural for them2006, Miranda Mars, “{ASSM} Laura - Chapter 303”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet)
    • According to the school newspaper, the Daily 49er, a group of approximately 24 Cal State Long Beach students "tribbed" (or scissored--you know) with each other for some 10 minutes in protest of the censorship of the title of their play, The Night of the Tribades.2010, Vickie Chang, Cal State Long Beach Students Scissor Each Other in Protest Over Censorship of Play

Noun

trib (plural tribs)

  1. (informal) A tributary.

Proper noun capitalized: Trib

the Trib

  1. (slang) Any newspaper called The Tribune.
    • Jeans also had recently finished writing Tropical Disturbance: The Story of the Making of the Miami Tribune. The book, which was published as a special insert in the Trib, was both a history of the newspaper and Jeans's valentine to himself.2019, Willie Drye, Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, page 244

Forms of trib

Verb
third-person singular presenttribs
present participletribbing
past participletribbed
pasttribbed
Noun
pluraltribs

Origin of trib

Short for tribadism.

Clipping of tributary.

Clipping of Tribune.

Words that rhyme with trib

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about trib

What does trib mean?
Trib means to sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.
What part of speech is trib?
Trib can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of trib?
The past tense of trib is tribbed.

Words near trib in the dictionary

  1. triazolyl
  2. triazolyls
  3. triazophos
  4. triazos
  5. triazoxide
  6. trib
  7. trib.
  8. tribade
  9. tribades
  10. tribadic
  11. tribadies

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