ribbing

Ribs considered as a group.

An arrangement of ribs, as in a boat.

The act or an instance of joking or teasing.

An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as timberwork sustaining a vaulted ceiling, ridges on cloth, veins in the leaves of plants, etc.

In agriculture, a kind of imperfect plowing, formerly common, by which stubbles were rapidly turned over, every alternate strip only being moved.

An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.

Present participle of rib.

The action of the verb to rib.

Collectively, the ribs on an object.

An instance of teasing.