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Ribbing
- verb - a framework of ribs
- form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
- subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
- the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
Ricking
- verb -
- pile in ricks; "rick hay"
Ridding
- verb - relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
- Unburden
Ridging
- verb - extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"
- form into a ridge
- plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
- spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"
- throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn"
Riffing
- verb - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- play riffs
Rifling
- verb - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"
- steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
- the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
Rigging
- verb - arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
- connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
- equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"
Rimming
- verb - furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"
- roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"
- run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"
Ringing
- verb - attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
- having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
- ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
- sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"
- the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
- the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe