glib
To make smooth or slipperyTo make smooth or slippery.
» The glib tone of the article undermines its credibility.
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2 senses(transitive)To make smooth or slippery.
(obsolete)To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
Examples
5 sentencesThe glib tone of the article undermines its credibility.
He may seem glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
He may come across as glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
Are you going to give me a glib answer, or are you going to think before you reply?
The river was frozen very hard, and the merry skaters seemed almost to fly, they went so fast over the glib ice.
Origin
A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glA shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).
Compare Old English and dialectal English lib (“to castrate, geld”), dialectal Danish live, Low German and Old Dutch lubben.
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Forms
glibs, glibbing, glibbed, glibbedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.