gibbet

gibbet is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
2. noun. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
3. transitive verb. To hang and expose on a gibbet.
4. transitive verb. To expose to infamy; to blacken.
5. noun. alternative terms for gallows

   Synonyms: gallous

6. verb. expose to ridicule or public scorn

   Synonyms: pillory

7. verb. hang on an execution instrument

Synonyms

gallous, pillory

Common word forms

gibbets, gibbeted, gibbeting, gibbetted, gibbetting

Words from these letters

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