Definitions for Gibbons

Gibbons Gib·bons

Spelling: [gib-uh nz]
IPA: /ˈgɪb ənz/

Gibbons is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in Gibbons (bbginos).

Definitions for Gibbons

noun

  1. Grinling [grin-ling] /ˈgrɪn lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1648–1720, English woodcarver and sculptor, born in the Netherlands.
  2. Orlando, 1583–1625, English composer.
  3. any small, slender, long-armed arboreal anthropoid ape of the genus Hylobates, of the East Indies and southern Asia: all gibbon species are reduced in number and some are very rare.

Origin of Gibbons

From French, dating back to 1760-70, name of uncertain origin used by Buffon

Examples for Gibbons

Surely Gibbons and Krolicki have already gamed this scenario.

He might have served Cibber or Gibbons as a model for a statue of impotent rage.

"Of it he was a burning and a shining light," said Archbishop Gibbons.

The odds in Las Vegas should be on Gibbons appointing Gibbons.

If there be any monograph Life of Gibbons, it can scarcely fail to be found there.

He—oh, good-night, Gibbons—he's been all over the globe, so Notya tells us.

If by some miracle Gibbons beats Sandoval, he will face the rising star of the Democrats, Rory Reid, son of Harry Reid.

There are more Johnsons, happily, in this matter, than Gibbons.

(Gibbons says “we are unaware of any such activity by the FBI”).

Although his money has dried up and his poll numbers are in a tailspin, Gibbons insists he is running for reelection next year.

Word Value for Gibbons
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

Similar words for Gibbons
Word of the day