Rib
noun
One of the curved bones in your chest that form a cage to protect your heart and lungs.
He was coughing so violently, he thought he might have broken a rib.
Often appears as...
- broken rib
- rib cage
noun
A piece of food from this part of an animal, usually cooked and eaten.
We had barbecue pork ribs for dinner.
Often appears as...
- barbecue ribs
- pork ribs
noun
Any of the curved pieces of wood, metal, etc. that support the shape of something such as a boat or roof.
The hull of the boat is formed over a series of wooden ribs.
Often appears as...
- boat ribs
- roof ribs
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make fun of someone in a friendly way.
They were ribbing him about his fear of snakes.
Often appears as...
- ribbing someone
- to get ribbed
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
One of the curved bones in your chest that form a cage to protect your heart and lungs.
He was coughing so violently, he thought he might have broken a rib.
Often appears as...
- broken rib
- rib cage
noun
A piece of food from this part of an animal, usually cooked and eaten.
We had barbecue pork ribs for dinner.
Often appears as...
- barbecue ribs
- pork ribs
noun
Any of the curved pieces of wood, metal, etc. that support the shape of something such as a boat or roof.
The hull of the boat is formed over a series of wooden ribs.
Often appears as...
- boat ribs
- roof ribs
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make fun of someone in a friendly way.
They were ribbing him about his fear of snakes.
Often appears as...
- ribbing someone
- to get ribbed
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasis on Injury
Commonly used to describe injuries in sports or accidents, emphasizing the protection aspect.
The player missed the game due to a cracked rib.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often appears in medical discussions or emergency situations to pinpoint chest injuries.
X-rays confirmed she had no rib fractures.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Structure
Helps understand the human skeletal structure in biology or physiology classes.
The rib cage protects vital organs underneath.
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasis on Injury
Commonly used to describe injuries in sports or accidents, emphasizing the protection aspect.
The player missed the game due to a cracked rib.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often appears in medical discussions or emergency situations to pinpoint chest injuries.
X-rays confirmed she had no rib fractures.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Structure
Helps understand the human skeletal structure in biology or physiology classes.
The rib cage protects vital organs underneath.
Pro Tip 1/3Emphasis on Injury
Commonly used to describe injuries in sports or accidents, emphasizing the protection aspect.
The player missed the game due to a cracked rib.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often appears in medical discussions or emergency situations to pinpoint chest injuries.
X-rays confirmed she had no rib fractures.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Structure
Helps understand the human skeletal structure in biology or physiology classes.
The rib cage protects vital organs underneath.
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The Sea Turtles of...
about loggerhead sea turtles, because they've got fascinating life histories, haven't they? Yes, they do. Well, sea turtles, they have a really thick shell and the top part is called a carapace. So I've actually brought part of a skeleton here and we can see this is the top part of the shell part of it, and what's interesting is that the ribs are actually fused to the shell. So these are actually the ribs here and that makes them susceptible to anything that could encounter them. Evolutionary speaking, it's very, very nice it's a hard shell of armour and now with humans, things can be a little bit more difficult for them with these shells.
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Gordon Makes Smoked Fish...
You gotta take the rib bones off there. Yep, right there see? Man. Yeah, I don't want that going through the grinder because we don't want to eat it. You gotta big bone there. See it? Man, you're missing nothing are you? There's no flies on you-- Oh no, I've been doing it all my life, bud. Gotcha My one eye can see better than you.
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Why you don't need 8...
You hear it on TV, you see it in articles. But like I said, it's nonsense. For the most part, your body will tell you when you need to drink water, because you've got these wonderful, amazing, undervalued things -- kidneys. Kidneys are the bean-shaped organs located to either side of your spine, right below your ribs.
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We Are What We Eat:...
This is killer whale jaw, you know, whale rib, bearded seal paw, these are all animals that they have hunted during the migration when whales come by their village. And for me it's telling. Finally I got something. We return back, he's going to give a good portion to the dogs because the dogs help the Inuits hunting
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What does the pancreas...
Beneath your ribs, you'll find, among other things, the pancreas, an organ that works a lot like a personal health coach. This organ controls your sugar levels and produces a special juice that releases the nutrients from your food to help keep you in the best possible shape.
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Awesome King Cobra PIPE...
snake is getting on 4 4 meters long and as it stands up and spreads its ribs into a hood like the molecule Cobra before it it just looks huge his head as the size of my hand and the fangs long thin needles that can inject huge amounts of venom even deep into the
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Janine Shepherd: A...
I had extensive and life-threatening injuries. I'd broken my neck and my back in six places. I broke five ribs on my left side. I broke my right arm. I broke my collarbone. I broke some bones in my feet. My whole right side was ripped open, filled with gravel.
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A queer vision of love...
to women who are too proud and too freeing. And I didn't enter into this union under the auspices that she was going to be my helper or my rib, but a fully complex -- Right? That's not right. But a fully complex human being
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Flying Snake Hunts...
meal is a meal sorry on either side of the Dragons body our thin wing like folds of skin supported by five to seven ribs that extend from the body with its wings extended it's capable of flying
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Rediscovering ourselves...
because the wilderness said so ah I have a menagerie beneath my ribs and under my bony skull and within my red valve heart and I've got something else
Video examples
The Sea Turtles of...
about loggerhead sea turtles, because they've got fascinating life histories, haven't they? Yes, they do. Well, sea turtles, they have a really thick shell and the top part is called a carapace. So I've actually brought part of a skeleton here and we can see this is the top part of the shell part of it, and what's interesting is that the ribs are actually fused to the shell. So these are actually the ribs here and that makes them susceptible to anything that could encounter them. Evolutionary speaking, it's very, very nice it's a hard shell of armour and now with humans, things can be a little bit more difficult for them with these shells.
Video examples
Gordon Makes Smoked Fish...
You gotta take the rib bones off there. Yep, right there see? Man. Yeah, I don't want that going through the grinder because we don't want to eat it. You gotta big bone there. See it? Man, you're missing nothing are you? There's no flies on you-- Oh no, I've been doing it all my life, bud. Gotcha My one eye can see better than you.
Video examples
Why you don't need 8...
You hear it on TV, you see it in articles. But like I said, it's nonsense. For the most part, your body will tell you when you need to drink water, because you've got these wonderful, amazing, undervalued things -- kidneys. Kidneys are the bean-shaped organs located to either side of your spine, right below your ribs.
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
This is killer whale jaw, you know, whale rib, bearded seal paw, these are all animals that they have hunted during the migration when whales come by their village. And for me it's telling. Finally I got something. We return back, he's going to give a good portion to the dogs because the dogs help the Inuits hunting
Video examples
What does the pancreas...
Beneath your ribs, you'll find, among other things, the pancreas, an organ that works a lot like a personal health coach. This organ controls your sugar levels and produces a special juice that releases the nutrients from your food to help keep you in the best possible shape.
Video examples
Awesome King Cobra PIPE...
snake is getting on 4 4 meters long and as it stands up and spreads its ribs into a hood like the molecule Cobra before it it just looks huge his head as the size of my hand and the fangs long thin needles that can inject huge amounts of venom even deep into the
Video examples
Janine Shepherd: A...
I had extensive and life-threatening injuries. I'd broken my neck and my back in six places. I broke five ribs on my left side. I broke my right arm. I broke my collarbone. I broke some bones in my feet. My whole right side was ripped open, filled with gravel.
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
to women who are too proud and too freeing. And I didn't enter into this union under the auspices that she was going to be my helper or my rib, but a fully complex -- Right? That's not right. But a fully complex human being
Video examples
Flying Snake Hunts...
meal is a meal sorry on either side of the Dragons body our thin wing like folds of skin supported by five to seven ribs that extend from the body with its wings extended it's capable of flying
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
because the wilderness said so ah I have a menagerie beneath my ribs and under my bony skull and within my red valve heart and I've got something else
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Quote examples
Justin Gaethje
American Athlete
You could be the best in the world, but it doesn't matter. It's four-ounce gloves. I've been dropped in practice with a knee to the body. I take a good knee to the body and break my ribs in the fight, I lost. I mean, it's a fight.
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Don Rickles
American Comedian
I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
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Guy Pearce
English Actor
Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.
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Nicolas Cage
Actor
I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green.
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Jake LaMotta
American Athlete
My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
Ruth's Chris is my favorite restaurant, and I always order the rib eye, medium-rare.
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Michael Rapino
American Businessman
Every city's got a famous rib place or coffeehouse or dessert place.
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Michael Strahan
American Athlete
I grill all the time - burgers, ribs, chicken, steak, and fish.
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Garrett McNamara
I broke ribs three different times.
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Katie Lee
American Chef
I've always been a big fan of ribs.
Quote examples
Justin Gaethje
American Athlete
You could be the best in the world, but it doesn't matter. It's four-ounce gloves. I've been dropped in practice with a knee to the body. I take a good knee to the body and break my ribs in the fight, I lost. I mean, it's a fight.
Quote examples
Don Rickles
American Comedian
I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is.
Quote examples
Guy Pearce
English Actor
Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.
Quote examples
Nicolas Cage
Actor
I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green.
Quote examples
Jake LaMotta
American Athlete
My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring.
Quote examples
Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
Ruth's Chris is my favorite restaurant, and I always order the rib eye, medium-rare.
Quote examples
Michael Rapino
American Businessman
Every city's got a famous rib place or coffeehouse or dessert place.
Quote examples
Michael Strahan
American Athlete
I grill all the time - burgers, ribs, chicken, steak, and fish.
Quote examples
Garrett McNamara
I broke ribs three different times.
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Katie Lee
American Chef
I've always been a big fan of ribs.
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