Complete Definition of "tib"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/tɪb/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪb|-ɪb

Etymology 1
Abbreviation of tibia.

Noun
en-noun
#(medical informal) Short form of tibia.

See also
fib

Etymology 2
Origin unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel.

Noun
en-noun

  1. a working-class woman; a prostitute

#:*1964: But this woman was, he thought, no tib, no purveyor of holy mutton. � Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun

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