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Word: gibbet (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows

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Verb:

  • transitive to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
  • transitive to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn

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