jib n.1
1. (UK tramp) the tongue.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. 53: JIBB, the tongue. | |
| , , | | Sl. Dict. [as cit. 1859]. |
| [ | ![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Australasian (Melbourne) 17 July 8/3: At every step we have evidence of Hindoo origin. For instance [...] Tschib, the tongue [...] is the root' of the word "gibberish," meaning rapidly spoken or incomprehensible talk;. |
| Sl. Dict. | |
| Newcastle Courant 2 Sept. 6/5: He has an oily jibb and is as good at carney as a cackle tub chicken. |
2. (US black, also gibbs, jibbs, jibs) the mouth [dial. jib, the underlip; thus the mouth].
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | N.Y. Sporting Whip 4 Mar. n.p.: Old ‘Funny-mouth’ whom they say can put such a countenance of that Jib of his as to turn milk sour. | |
| Sorrows of a Show Girl Ch. xiii: Sabrina you certainly do jag my jib to think that you would enter into such a deal. | |
| Daily Trib. (Bismarck, ND) 7 Jan. 8/6: I was wonderin’ what was the pet name in this ’ere court for a biff on the jib! [London Answers]. | |
| Tramp-Royal on the Toby 175: The third was a Lancashire lad with a Borstal cut above his jib. | |
| Pimp 94: He stood over me flashing that gold in his ‘jib’. | |
| ‘Catheads [...] and Cho-Cho Sticks’ in Abernethy Bounty of Texas (1990) 205: gibbs, n. – a person’s lips. | |
| Black Jargon in White America 70: jibs n. 1. lips. | |
| Ghetto Sketches 89: They were the kind of cats who would pinch your nuts off and stuff ’em in your jibbs. | |
| Airtight Willie and Me 16: Her pimp was going to foam at the jib when she checked in that load of play money. | |
| Chili 50: Reefered to the jibbs. |
3. the face or expression.
| Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. (2nd edn). | |
| , , | | Sl. Dict. |
| (con. 1960s) Untold Stories (2006) 76: Dad looking long-suffering in the back row. [...] ‘Don’t pull your jib, Dad,’ Mam mutters, ‘try and look natural.’. |
4. language.
| Sl. Dict. |
5. (orig. US Und.) speech, impudent talk.
| Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant. | |
| ‘At a Boxing Bout’ in Benno and Some of the Push 115: ‘Struth, his jibs wouldn’t earn peanuts ez gripman on a mussel barrer,’ said the youth. | |
| It’s a Racket! 229: Jib [...] frivolous conversation. | |
| et al. A2Z 57/1: jib – n. talk. |
6. (US black) a tooth; usu. in pl., jibs.
| Deep Down In The Jungle 155: Kicked him in the mouth, bust all his jibs. |
In phrases
(US black) to talk wildly, out of control, in a panicky, unrestrained manner.
| Seize the Time 148: Ballard was running around flapping at the jibs. He didn’t know what he was doing. |
(UK black) to speak in such a manner as to provoke a fight.
| Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 flippin’ off at the jibs Definition: saying things that will cause you to get your ass whipped. Example: Keep on flippin’ off at the jibs and you gon’ get fucked up out here. |
a talkative person.
| NY Tribune 8 June 7/6: A ‘flying jib,’ a talkative, intoxicated person. | |
| Amer. Tramp and Und. Sl. 78: Flying Jib. – A talkative person, more especially when alcohol is behind the desire to be heard. | |
| World’s Toughest Prison 799: flying jib – A talkative person. |
to look miserable, lit. to ‘hang one’s underlip’.
| Term of His Natural Life (1897) 36: ‘P’raps a burial job.’ [...] ‘No such luck. You won’t hang your jib for them yet awhile.’. |
to chatter aimlessly.
| On the Yard (2002) 282: Now stop running your gibs and do something for me. | |
| Urban Black Argot 144: Run Off at the Jibs to talk too much. | |
| Runnin’ Down Some Lines 243: jibs, jaw at the/run off at the 1. Talk too much. 2. Engage in foolish or irrelevant talk. |
(US black) to talk unrestrainedly.
| New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 259: slide your jib (v.): to talk freely. | |
| ‘Jiver’s Bible’ in Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive. |