Word "RIB" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
subject to laughter or ridicule
Synonyms:
blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
Synonyms:
costa

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

Crossword Clues for RIB

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Clue Source Date
Inches, in Britain
Costal bone The Times Concise 26 Jun 2025
Chest bone LA Times Daily 19 Jun 2025
Tease The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 15 Jun 2025
Pull leg round chest (3)
Bone in a "cage"
Bone in the chest
Make fun of bone (3) Puzzler Cryptic 05 Jun 2025
Lung protecting bone
4-Down in the chest New York Times Mini 27 May 2025
Lung-protecting bone
Bone or limb examined regularly (3)
Tease Eugene Sheffer 27 May 2025
Chest bone Eugene Sheffer 22 May 2025
Tease New York Times 19 May 2025
Cage bone?
Chest-protecting bone
Bone attached to the backbone Puzzler Backwords 16 May 2025
Poke fun at USA Today 16 May 2025
Part of a natural cage Universal 10 May 2025
Curved chest bone The Telegraph Mini 07 May 2025
Bone from which Eve was supposedly created (3)
Katharine Hepburn classic, Adam's ...
Barbecue munchie
Chest protector Wall Street Journal 03 May 2025
Juicy BBQ serving, perhaps
Bone in a cage?
Prime ___ (beef cut)
Bone to which the adjective costate applies The Times Specialist Sunday 13 Apr 2025
Eve was created from one Family Time 13 Apr 2025
Tease bishop following religious instruction (3)
Gentle tease
Poke fun at Newsday 06 Apr 2025
Component of a skeletal cage
Any of the 24 curved elastic arches of bone that form the chest wall in man Mirror Quiz 04 Apr 2025
Lung-protecting bone
Bone Puzzler Backwords 01 Apr 2025
Bone The Telegraph Quick 31 Mar 2025
Lightly roast New York Times 29 Mar 2025
Bone that may tickle?
Chest bone Universal 27 Mar 2025
Tease Eugene Sheffer 27 Mar 2025
Chest bone Mirror Quick 17 Mar 2025
Adam's donation
Tease scribes, taking heart Mirror Cryptic 17 Mar 2025
Eve starter
Tease The Telegraph Quick 10 Mar 2025
Thorax protector
Tease that's coarse? Not half! (3)
Barbecued goodie Family Time 02 Mar 2025
Mc___ (seasonal BBQ sandwich) Universal 01 Mar 2025
Bone in chest wall
Tease one in a cage?
Tease Eugene Sheffer 25 Feb 2025
Part of a barbecued "rack" Newsday 24 Feb 2025
Tease The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 19 Feb 2025
Chest bone Mirror Classic 16 Feb 2025
Chest bone Eugene Sheffer 14 Feb 2025
Make fun of bone (3) Puzzler Cryptic 09 Feb 2025
___-eye steak
Bone in the Genesis narrative
Make fun of (sl) (3)
Vault part Thomas Joseph 04 Feb 2025
Tease Eugene Sheffer 03 Feb 2025
Sight strip on gun barrel's top (3)
Spare a bone for the barbecue? (3)
Spare one for the wife (3)
To tease; a bone (3)
BBQ leftover
Bone going spare? Mirror Cryptic 27 Jan 2025
Bit of BBQ meat Family Time 27 Jan 2025
Tease Mirror Quick 27 Jan 2025
Tease USA Today 17 Jan 2025
Tease Eugene Sheffer 15 Jan 2025
Adam's ___, classic 1949 comedy starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn Puzzler Backwords 13 Jan 2025
Vault part Thomas Joseph 11 Jan 2025
Tease The Telegraph Mini 07 Jan 2025
Tease gently Commuter 02 Jan 2025
Tease tribe, endlessly (3)
Part of a protective cage
Tease (inf) (3)
Chest bone USA Today 24 Dec 2024
Pork or beef, it's popular at a bbq (3)
Part of some cages
Tease wife The Telegraph Toughie 13 Dec 2024
Chest bone Puzzler Backwords 05 Dec 2024
Part of the heart's cage?
Lung-protecting bone
Poke fun at Universal 27 Nov 2024
BBQ treat
"Shut up behind my ___ cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will-over and over" (Kafka on the Shore quote)
Curved bone The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Nov 2024
Part of many cages
Vault part Thomas Joseph 22 Nov 2024
Any of the 24 curved elastic arches of bone that form the chest wall in man Mirror Quiz 22 Nov 2024
Bone that's half of a cage match?
Chest bone Commuter 18 Nov 2024
Bone that protects the heart and lungs
Bone in a cage
Body bit that is part of a cage
Chest bone
Tease light-heartedly (3)
Chest bone
What is necessary to an umbrella for a wife? (3)
Adam's body part in Bible
Make fun of one shaft in a feather (3)
Ridicule, tease (3)
Bit of barbecue Newsday 22 Oct 2024
Costal bone The Times Specialist 21 Oct 2024
Vault part Thomas Joseph 15 Oct 2024
Barbecue bite with a bone New York Times 14 Oct 2024
Umbrella support
Bone in an anatomical cage?
Tease Universal 10 Oct 2024
Part of the chest cage
Bone in a cage?
"Spare" body part
Any of the 24 curved elastic arches of bone that form the chest wall in man Mirror Quiz 04 Oct 2024
Make fun of in a good-natured way; one of a series of curved bones coming from the spine (3)
Tease a bit horribly? (3)
Mock cut of meat (3)
Chest bone
Prime ___ of beef
Adam's loss
Chest bone
Josh Puzzler Backwords 18 Sep 2024
Which knitting stitch alternates knit and purl across the row? (3)
A bone in a cage (3)
Support attached to an umbrella canopy
Narrow strip half concealed in part of a cage? (3)
One of 24 bones in the chest
Tease one as to a band that's raised (3)
Chest bone
Bone in the chest
Part of a cage? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Aug 2024
Curved bone that makes up a cage
Bone attached to the backbone (3) Puzzler 29 Jul 2024
Bone in a cage TV 28 Jul 2024
____eye, cut of beef The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Jul 2024
BBQ serving
Cage bone
Tease in cage (3)
Make fun of what Adam gave up for Eve? (3)
Spare a bone for the wife (3)
Tease LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2024
Chest bone Mirror Quick 01 Jul 2024
Bone going spare? Mirror Cryptic 01 Jul 2024
Bone that extends laterally from the spine in vertebrates (3)
Supporter of cribbage Mirror Cryptic 20 Jun 2024
Chest bone Mirror Quick 20 Jun 2024
Kid Wall Street Journal 17 Jun 2024
"Caged" bone that protects the lungs
Bone The Telegraph Quick 12 Jun 2024
Bone in the chest
Prime ___ (steak)
It's usually kept in a cage
Chest bone
Spencer Tracy movie, Adam's ...
Cage part or barbecue treat
____-tickling (very funny)
Component of a certain cage New York Times 29 May 2024
Tease one for being involved in chest expansion (3)
Barbecue morsel Universal 28 May 2024
It could be spare for diners
Adam's spare one? (3)
Tease bone (3) The Telegraph Mini 20 May 2024
Cage bone?
Lightly roast Wall Street Journal 16 May 2024
Method of knitting creating raised lines (3)
Bone in a "cage" USA Today 15 May 2024
Bone in a cage New York Times 15 May 2024
In such a cage, some birds would rise!
Bone Puzzler Backwords 07 May 2024
Tease LA Times Daily 07 May 2024
Chest bone that helps protect the lungs
Bit of BBQ
Umbrella support Universal 30 Apr 2024
Tease Universal 29 Apr 2024
Saucy barbecue morsel Universal 26 Apr 2024
Bone that protects internal organs Universal 25 Apr 2024
Tease Adam and get Eve (3)
Spare it in Caribbean cookery - or Chinese (3)
Chest protector Wall Street Journal 20 Apr 2024
Poke fun at The Sun Two Speed 18 Apr 2024
Rag and bone The Sun Two Speed 18 Apr 2024
Make bone funny? (3)
Bone attached to the backbone Puzzler Backwords 15 Apr 2024
Chest bone Commuter 12 Apr 2024
Chest bone that rests in a cage
Component of a skeletal cage
Piece of an edible "rack" New York Times 03 Apr 2024
Part of a barbecue slab
Bone that may tickle?
Rag and bone The Times Quick Cryptic 26 Mar 2024
Part of a BBQ rack
Barbecue bit Wall Street Journal 21 Mar 2024
Will it tease one to knit it? (3)
Bone in your torso
Long thin bone (3)
"Adam's ____"
Vault part Thomas Joseph 05 Mar 2024
Tease in partially ribald manner Mirror Cryptic 04 Mar 2024
Chest bone Mirror Quick 04 Mar 2024
To tease (3)
Spare bit?
Chest protector Thomas Joseph 28 Feb 2024
Piece removed from Adam to make Eve
Tease about a spare one? (3)
Pester in fun
Spare ___ (barbecued bit)
Flier cut back support for wing? The Times Quick Cryptic 13 Feb 2024
Bone shown by a chest X-ray
Bone of the torso (3)
Bone that's caged?
One of the bones that protects the lungs (3)
Bone found in the Caribbean (3)
Had Adam a spare one?
Tease Eugene Sheffer 31 Jan 2024
Bone carried by tribesman The Times Quick Cryptic 22 Jan 2024
Juicy barbecue piece
Tease USA Today 18 Jan 2024
Bony chest cage
Make fun of bone (3) Puzzler Cryptic 14 Jan 2024
A slender thoracic costa, hence something similarly long/thin, such as a celery stalk, corduroy/knitted wale, leaf vein, purlin or umbrella spoke (3)
Chest bone Mirror Quick 05 Jan 2024
Bone going spare? Mirror Cryptic 05 Jan 2024
Bone connected to the backbone Puzzler Backwords 03 Jan 2024
35 Across was created from one? (3)
Chest bone
Bone attached to the sternum Puzzler Backwords 23 Dec 2023
Tease Universal 14 Dec 2023
Spare thing with sauce? Family Time 10 Dec 2023
Bone hidden in bunker, I bet (3)
Vault part Thomas Joseph 06 Dec 2023
Tease cribbage circle Mirror Cryptic 04 Dec 2023
Chest bone Mirror Quick 04 Dec 2023
Lung-protecting bone
Chest bone Newsday 30 Nov 2023
Taken from Adam to make Eve (3)
Part of an umbrella or a piece of lettuce
Eve's origin Family Time 26 Nov 2023
Winged creature endlessly rejects bone (3)
Messy BBQ serving, perhaps
Chest bone The Sun Two Speed 19 Nov 2023
Poke fun at barbecue offering The Sun Two Speed 19 Nov 2023
Chest bone
Spare ___ (piece of barbecue) Universal 10 Nov 2023
Meaty barbecue goodie Family Time 06 Nov 2023
Vault part Thomas Joseph 24 Oct 2023
Vault part Thomas Joseph 12 Oct 2023
Bone in an anatomical cage?
___-tickler (funny joke)
Bone that makes a "cage"
Kid New York Times 27 Sep 2023
Bone in the chest cage?
___-tickling (very amusing)
Tease Eugene Sheffer 18 Sep 2023
Barbecue item Family Time 10 Sep 2023
"Spare" barbecued item
___-eye steak
Umbrella piece Wall Street Journal 01 Sep 2023
One of 24 in the human body Wall Street Journal 28 Aug 2023
Prime ___ (cut of beef)
Celery piece LA Times Daily 02 Aug 2023
Chest bone
Chest bone in a cage?
Barbecue bone LA Times Daily 26 Jul 2023
Lung-protecting bone
Barbecue morsel Universal 22 Jun 2023
___-tickling (funny)
Chest bone Eugene Sheffer 09 Jun 2023
Chest bone
Bone that's part of a cage
Body part used to create Eve USA Today 20 May 2023
Tease New York Times 17 May 2023
Chest bone USA Today 15 May 2023
___-eye steak
Celery stalk LA Times Daily 05 May 2023
Tease Eugene Sheffer 02 May 2023
Chest bone LA Times Daily 01 May 2023
Prime _____ Canadiana 24 Apr 2023
Lung protector
Bit of barbecue Universal 19 Apr 2023
___-tickler (funny joke)
What a chest X-ray might show Wall Street Journal 14 Apr 2023
Umbrella part Thomas Joseph 08 Apr 2023
Vault part Thomas Joseph 03 Apr 2023
Bone near the diaphragm
Umbrella spoke LA Times Daily 26 Mar 2023
Part of a cage LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2023
Tease Eugene Sheffer 18 Mar 2023
Tease Eugene Sheffer 17 Mar 2023
Chest bone that's part of a cage
"Caged" bone?
Part of an umbrella or a chest Wall Street Journal 02 Mar 2023
Bone in a cage
Kid LA Times Daily 17 Feb 2023
Umbrella piece Wall Street Journal 07 Feb 2023
Chest cage
___-tickler (funny)
Poke fun at Newsday 15 Jan 2023
Tease Eugene Sheffer 10 Jan 2023
Piece of meat in galbi-jjim USA Today 07 Jan 2023
Give a hard time Universal 31 Dec 2022
Bone in a cage Universal 27 Dec 2022
Chest bone LA Times Daily 17 Dec 2022
BBQ meat bit Premier Sunday 11 Dec 2022
Wind up a piece of knitting The Times Cryptic 05 Dec 2022
___ eye steak
Lung-protecting bone USA Today 28 Nov 2022
Saguaro segment LA Times Daily 25 Nov 2022
___-eye steak
"Spare" barbecue item
Barbecue spare thing Family Time 13 Nov 2022
Vault part Thomas Joseph 11 Nov 2022
Chest bone
Chest bone USA Today 04 Nov 2022
___ cage (chest frame)
Part of a ship’s framework Wall Street Journal 25 Oct 2022
Tease some Newsday 14 Oct 2022
Bone in an anatomical cage?
___ eye steak
___ eye steak
Bone in a cage USA Today 20 Sep 2022
Barbecue serving Premier Sunday 18 Sep 2022
Chest bone The Times Concise 13 Sep 2022
Barbecue slab part Universal 08 Sep 2022
One of 24 in the human skeleton New York Times 05 Sep 2022
Make fun of Thomas Joseph 25 Aug 2022
___ cage (chest bone)
Chest protector? Wall Street Journal 20 Aug 2022
Curved bone Universal 16 Aug 2022
Bone in a cage
Component of a certain cage Wall Street Journal 02 Aug 2022
Cage component
Item in a chest Wall Street Journal 26 Jul 2022
Tease New York Times 10 Jul 2022
Tease Eugene Sheffer 02 Jul 2022
Kid, one of twenty-four found in chest The Times Cryptic 24 Jun 2022
Bone to pick at dinner, say New York Times 09 Jun 2022
Chest bone Thomas Joseph 07 Jun 2022
Chest bone
Tease Eugene Sheffer 01 Jun 2022
Chest protector
Bone in a "cage"
Bone in a chest cage
Chest bone
Umbrella spoke The Washington Post 14 May 2022
Umbrella spoke LA Times Daily 14 May 2022
Chest bone USA Today 10 May 2022
Chest bone Family Time 25 Apr 2022
___-tickler (funny joke)
Kid raised in Novosibirsk Irish Times Crosaire 16 Apr 2022
Trifle with Newsday 02 Apr 2022
Tease Eugene Sheffer 30 Mar 2022
Bone in a cage USA Today 29 Mar 2022
Part of a barbecued ''rack'' Newsday 29 Mar 2022
'Spare' barbecue item The Washington Post Sunday 27 Mar 2022
Bone in the torso The Washington Post 23 Mar 2022
Bone in the torso LA Times Daily 23 Mar 2022
___-eye steak New York Times 22 Mar 2022
Costa, to a botanist New York Times 05 Mar 2022
Lung protector
Bone in a cage?
___-tickler (funny joke)
Juicy barbecue piece
___-tickling (funny)
Bit of barbecue fare The Washington Post Sunday 16 Jan 2022
Poke fun at wife
Bone that's part of a cage
Tease Eugene Sheffer 28 Dec 2021
One of 24 in the chest Wall Street Journal 27 Dec 2021
Thoracic bone Wall Street Journal 13 Dec 2021
Food item in a rack Universal 04 Dec 2021
Lung protector
Curved strip of bone The Guardian Quick 16 Nov 2021
“Spare” item New York Times 28 Oct 2021
Bone in a cage?
Bone near the serratus anterior USA Today 13 Oct 2021
Tease; body part The Telegraph Quick 08 Oct 2021
Tease Eugene Sheffer 24 Sep 2021
Tease Eugene Sheffer 23 Sep 2021
Vault part Wall Street Journal 22 Sep 2021
Josh Canadiana 20 Sep 2021
Tease gently Newsday 16 Sep 2021
Tease The Washington Post 13 Sep 2021
Tease LA Times Daily 13 Sep 2021
Bone near the diaphragm
Tease Eugene Sheffer 01 Sep 2021
Vault part Thomas Joseph 01 Sep 2021
Umbrella or barbecue bit
Barbecue bit Newsday 11 Aug 2021
Umbrella component LA Times Daily 08 Aug 2021
Umbrella component The Washington Post 08 Aug 2021
Bone in a cage?
Chest bone USA Today 23 Jul 2021
Umbrella part Universal 10 Jul 2021
Chest bone
Chest bone?
___ cage
Skeleton part Canadiana 07 Jun 2021
Vault part Thomas Joseph 05 Jun 2021
One of 12 pairs in the body Irish Times Simplex 04 Jun 2021
Part of the chest cage
"Spare" barbecue thing Family Time 30 May 2021
Trunk bone Premier Sunday 23 May 2021
Bone that can be 'true' or 'false' USA Today 13 May 2021
Tease Eugene Sheffer 11 May 2021
Chest bone
Poke fun at barbecue offering The Sun Two Speed 30 Apr 2021
Chest bone The Sun Two Speed 30 Apr 2021
Piece of barbecue Newsday 21 Apr 2021
Kid LA Times Daily 18 Apr 2021
Kid The Washington Post 18 Apr 2021
Bit of a barbecued rack Newsday 23 Mar 2021
Band that's raised kid
'True' or 'false' bone The Washington Post Sunday 14 Mar 2021
___-tickler (hilarious joke)
Kid raised in Novosibirsk Irish Times Crosaire 13 Mar 2021
Umbrella part Thomas Joseph 26 Feb 2021
"Spare" thing at a barbecue Family Time 14 Feb 2021
Cage bone USA Today 11 Feb 2021
Bone in a 'cage' USA Today 09 Feb 2021
One of the 12 pairs in the body Irish Times Simplex 04 Feb 2021
Celery piece LA Times Daily 17 Jan 2021
Celery piece The Washington Post 17 Jan 2021
Strengthening crosspiece New York Times 16 Jan 2021
Pull a leg bone
Part of a barbecue rack Universal 10 Jan 2021
'Baby back' morsel The Washington Post 09 Dec 2020
"Baby back" morsel LA Times Daily 09 Dec 2020
Bone The Telegraph Quick 05 Dec 2020
Spare bone? The Washington Post 23 Nov 2020
Spare bone? LA Times Daily 23 Nov 2020
Umbrella piece Wall Street Journal 21 Nov 2020
Bone in a cage Universal 20 Nov 2020
''Baby back'' barbecue bit Newsday 16 Nov 2020
One of a human's 24 Universal 15 Nov 2020
Chest bone
Piece of barbecue meat Universal 01 Nov 2020
___ eye steak
Meaty barbecue item Family Time 26 Oct 2020
Part of an anatomical cage Universal 14 Oct 2020
___-eye steak
Bone in a cage USA Today 03 Oct 2020
Lung-protecting bone
Chest bone
Tease LA Times Daily 26 Aug 2020
Tease The Washington Post 26 Aug 2020
Bone in a cage?
Barbecue piece The Washington Post 30 Jul 2020
Barbecue piece LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2020
Chest bone Newsday 29 Jul 2020
Bone in a "cage"
Chest bone Wall Street Journal 20 Jul 2020
Poke fun at USA Today 13 Jun 2020
Caged body part
Tease Wall Street Journal 16 May 2020
Bone in a cage?
Part of a cage The Washington Post 29 Apr 2020
Part of a cage LA Times Daily 29 Apr 2020
Bone in a cage
It's in your trunk Newsday 10 Apr 2020
Chest bone
Chest cage
Adam's ___ New York Times 01 Mar 2020
___ eye steak
Bone; tease The Telegraph Quick 25 Feb 2020
Bone in a cage?
Bone in a cage?
Food taken out of 117 Across The Washington Post Sunday 16 Feb 2020
Playfully taunt Wall Street Journal 12 Feb 2020
Bone near the diaphragm
Chest protector?
Chest bone
Bone in a cage?
Bone that's part of a "cage"
Part of the human body's cage
Cut of meat‘s a joke
___ eye steak
Body bit that is part of a cage
Chest protector
Bone in a cage?
____-tickler (funny joke)
Bone near the diaphragm
Barbecue piece
Bone in a cage?
Guy is vulgar and funny, not half
Bone in a cage?
Tease royal's firstborn
Chest protector?
Cage on the upper torso
Rag and bone
Bone that's part of a cage and protects the chest
Rag and bone
A barbecue item, usually spare
Part of bodily cages?
One bone in your chest "cage"
Barbecue offering
Curved bone that forms the chest case
Part of the chest cage
Chest protector?
Bone in a cage that protects the lungs
Part of the chest protecting cage
One in a cage
Barbecue offering
Bone in the chest cage?
Bone in a "cage"
Chest bone that's part of a "cage"
Rag and bone
One in a cage surrounding the heart
Lightly tease
Tease about Eve's origins?
___-tickling (funny)
Chest bone that's part of a "cage"
___ cage, the bony structure surrounding some organs
A popular barbecue offering, which is a bone
Chest bone
Amusing kid with second language, missing nothing
Make fun of band
Wind up watch containing large crack
Rag and Bone
Bone that's part of a "cage" New York Times 05 Apr 2010
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