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
- 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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