"ribbed" in the verb sense

1. rib

form vertical ribs by knitting

"A ribbed sweater"

2. ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun

subject to laughter or ridicule

"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"

"The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"

"His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

"ribbed" in the adjective sense

1. ribbed

furnished or strengthened with ribs

2. costate, ribbed

of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture

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