rib
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- noun
- /rɪb/
- The doctor said that she needed to avoid any activity that might strain her ribs while they heal.
- rib cage
- broken rib
- rib fracture
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Watch on YouTubeThe middle basin will have your plexus, your ribs, and your kidneys.
- The middle basin will have your plexus, your ribs, and your kidneys.
- I ruptured my spleen, broke my ribs, my face, my nose.
- She was armed with mints, her shoulder to jab him in the ribs, the whole thing.
- Each of my children have dealt with ribs illness so differently.
- You know what I'm talking about lungs, those fucking rib cage wet markets.
- The North Tartars snap open their ribs and pull out their lungs.
- Just keep breaking the ribs, breaking the ribs, breaking the ribs, break the ribs.
- Jesus, break a fucking rib, you know?
- OK, 'cause this probably wouldn't feel good on the rib going like that.
Examples
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Helen D'Agustino elbowed the senior agent in the ribs and made her way to the elevator.
Fiction book (1991) -
Ended my Christmas Day with four broken ribs and two broken ankles.
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I found a rib bone.
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You have your ribs and you have your lungs.
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I reached out my arm and laid it across her ribs below her breasts.
Fiction book (1991) -
He's cracked a couple of ribs for sure.
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Now and then she knocked with her knuckles against his rib cage and said, "Open up!"
Fiction book (1990) -
My ribs hurt.
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After the fall, he discovered that he had broken several ribs and would need time to recover.
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The X-ray revealed a fracture in one of his ribs, which explained his persistent pain.
Synonyms
One of the curved bones that protect the chest
Compounds
How Meaty
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word rib comes from an old English word ribb, and it named the long curved bone at the side of the chest. So a rib is a 'side' bone that 'protects' the heart and lungs.