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vibs

vibs noun: shoes with rubber outsoles made by the Vibram company.

Noun (1)

vibs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare, slang) Shoes with rubber outsoles made by the Vibram company.
    • On iced rocks, hard-frozen scree, or ledges of wet earth or vegetation, Vibs are treacherous.1964, Modern Mountaineering, page 58
    • The other school of thought (the majority) will wear crampons in vibs — short points flex less — and vibs give better foot insulation than nailed boots.1970, Climber and Rambler, volume 9, page 67

Noun (2) capitalized: VIBs

VIBs

  1. (plural) plural of VIB

Questions about vibs

What does vibs mean?
Vibs means shoes with rubber outsoles made by the Vibram company.
What part of speech is vibs?
Vibs is a noun.

Words near vibs in the dictionary

  1. vibrotaxis
  2. vibrotherapeutics
  3. vibrotherapy
  4. vibrotome
  5. vibrotomes
  6. vibs
  7. viburna
  8. viburnic acid
  9. viburnin
  10. viburnitol
  11. viburnum

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