Gibe
(Gibe), n. An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns.
Shak.
With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me.
Tennyson. Gibel
(||Gib"el) n. [G. gibel, giebel.] (Zoöl.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); — called also Prussian
carp.
Giber
(Gib"er) n. One who utters gibes. B. Jonson.
Gibfish
(Gib"fish`) n. The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Gibingly
(Gib"ing*ly) adv. In a gibing manner; scornfully.
Giblet
(Gib"let) a. Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.
Giblets
(Gib"lets) n. pl. [OE. gibelet, OF. gibelet game: cf. F. gibelotte stewed rabbit. Cf. Gibbier.]
The inmeats, or edible viscera of poultry.
Gibstaff
(Gib"staff`) n. [Prov. E. gib a hooked stick + E. staff.]
1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.
2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. [Obs.] Bailey.
Gid
(Gid) n. [Cf. Giddy, a.] A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused
by the presence of the Cnurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See Cnurus.
Giddily
(Gid"di*ly) adv. In a giddy manner.
Giddiness
(Gid"di*ness), n. The quality or state of being giddy.
Giddy
(Gid"dy) a. [Compar. Giddier ; superl. Giddiest.] [OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown
origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble.]
1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the
balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.
By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed.
Tate. 2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. Prior.
Upon the giddy footing of the hatches.
Shak. 3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
The giddy motion of the whirling mill.
Pope. 4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish
hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance." Dryden.
Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.
Cowper. Giddy
(Gid"dy), v. i. To reel; to whirl. Chapman.
Giddy
(Gid"dy), v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]
