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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/ Forms: gibbets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt Etymology: From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gibet}} Middle English gibet, {{der|en|fro|gibet}} Old French gibet, {{cog|fr|gibet}} French gibet, {{der|en|frk|*gibb||forked stick}} Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”), {{der|en|la|gibbus||hunchbacked}} Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gibbet (plural gibbets)
  1. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display. Categories (topical): Capital punishment Synonyms: gallows Translations (upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows): бесилка (besilka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), forca [feminine] (Catalan), 绞刑架 (jiǎoxíngjià) (Chinese Mandarin), galg (Dutch), hirttopuu (Finnish), gibet [masculine] (French), potence [feminine] (French), სახრჩობელა (saxrčobela) (Georgian), Galgen [masculine] (German), croch [feminine] (Irish), forca [feminine] (Italian), crogh [feminine] (Manx), criy [masculine] (Manx), szubienica [feminine] (Polish), szafot [masculine] (Polish), forca [feminine] (Portuguese), ви́селица (víselica) [feminine] (Russian), horca [feminine] (Spanish), patíbulo [masculine] (Spanish), cadalso [masculine] (Spanish), darağacı (Turkish), crocbren [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-gibbet-en-noun-1JZO-iww Disambiguation of 'upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows': 90 2 8
  2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
    Sense id: en-gibbet-en-noun-8BgNZNvP
  3. A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
    Sense id: en-gibbet-en-noun-muH6wxxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 8 71 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 11 54 12 11

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/ Forms: gibbets [present, singular, third-person], gibbeting [participle, present], gibbetting [participle, present], gibbeted [participle, past], gibbeted [past], gibbetted [participle, past], gibbetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt Etymology: From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gibet}} Middle English gibet, {{der|en|fro|gibet}} Old French gibet, {{cog|fr|gibet}} French gibet, {{der|en|frk|*gibb||forked stick}} Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”), {{der|en|la|gibbus||hunchbacked}} Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=gibbetted|pres_ptc2=gibbetting}} gibbet (third-person singular simple present gibbets, present participle gibbeting or gibbetting, simple past and past participle gibbeted or gibbetted)
  1. (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet. Tags: transitive Translations (to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet): обесвам (obesvam) (Bulgarian), ჩამოხრჩება (čamoxrčeba) (Georgian), ჩამოკიდება (čamoḳideba) (Georgian), ве́шать (véšatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пове́сить (povésitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), stegla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gibbet-en-verb-M3YQ6grg Disambiguation of 'to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn. Tags: transitive Translations (to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn): опозорявам (opozorjavam) (Bulgarian), სასაცილოდ გახდომა (sasacilod gaxdoma) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-gibbet-en-verb-UDRfL1bT Disambiguation of 'to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flibberty-gibbet (english: probably etymologically unrelated)

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} gibbet
  1. Alternative form of gibet Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gibet
    Sense id: en-gibbet-enm-noun-Ok0poQTH Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gibet"
      },
      "expansion": "French gibet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*gibb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "forked stick"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "gibbus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hunchbacked"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gibbets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gibbet (plural gibbets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Capital punishment"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1728, Thomas Otway, “The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Soldier’s Fortune”, in The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, volume II, London, page 37",
          "text": "No, had every Commandment but a Gibbet belonging to it, I ſhould not have had four King's Evidences to-day ſwear impudently I was a Papiſt, when I was never at Maſs yet ſince I was born, nor indeed at any other Worſhip theſe twenty Years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "upright",
          "upright"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ],
        [
          "crosspiece",
          "crosspiece"
        ],
        [
          "execution",
          "execution"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "display",
          "display"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gallows"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crane",
          "crane"
        ],
        [
          "jib",
          "jib"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbɪt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "besilka",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бесилка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎoxíngjià",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "word": "绞刑架"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "word": "galg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "word": "hirttopuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gibet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potence"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saxrčobela",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "word": "სახრჩობელა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Galgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "croch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crogh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "criy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szubienica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szafot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "víselica",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́селица"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "horca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patíbulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadalso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "word": "darağacı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crocbren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gibbet"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Frankish",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪbɪt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪbɪt/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gibet"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English gibet",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "gibet"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French gibet",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gibet"
      },
      "expansion": "French gibet",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*gibb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "forked stick"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "gibbus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hunchbacked"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gibbets",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gibbeting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gibbetting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gibbeted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gibbeted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gibbetted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gibbetted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "gibbetted",
        "pres_ptc2": "gibbetting"
      },
      "expansion": "gibbet (third-person singular simple present gibbets, present participle gibbeting or gibbetting, simple past and past participle gibbeted or gibbetted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "probably etymologically unrelated",
      "word": "flibberty-gibbet"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expose",
          "expose"
        ],
        [
          "ridicule",
          "ridicule"
        ],
        [
          "scorn",
          "scorn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪbɪt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obesvam",
      "sense": "to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet",
      "word": "обесвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čamoxrčeba",
      "sense": "to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet",
      "word": "ჩამოხრჩება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čamoḳideba",
      "sense": "to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet",
      "word": "ჩამოკიდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véšatʹ",
      "sense": "to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ве́шать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povésitʹ",
      "sense": "to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пове́сить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet",
      "word": "stegla"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opozorjavam",
      "sense": "to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn",
      "word": "опозорявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasacilod gaxdoma",
      "sense": "to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn",
      "word": "სასაცილოდ გახდომა"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gibbet"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "gibbet",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "gibet"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of gibet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gibet",
          "gibet#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gibbet"
}

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