Gib vs. Mib

A plain or notched, often wedge-shaped piece of wood or metal designed to hold parts of a machine or structure in place or provide a bearing surface, usually adjusted by a screw or key.

(games) A marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target.

A male cat, especially a castrated one.

(in the plural) A game of marbles.

To fasten with a gib.

A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.

A castrated male cat or ferret.

A male cat; a tomcat.

A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

(video games) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.

(New Zealand) plasterboard.

To fasten in place with a gib.

To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.

(New Zealand) To install plasterboard.

A male cat; a tomcat.

A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; - usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw.

To act like a cat.

To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs.

a castrated tomcat