Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to glib
Participle: glibbed
Gerund: glibbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | glib |
| you | glib |
| he;she;it | glibs |
| we | glib |
| you | glib |
| they | glib |
Perfect
| I | have glibbed |
| you | have glibbed |
| he;she;it | has glibbed |
| we | have glibbed |
| you | have glibbed |
| they | have glibbed |
Past
| I | glibbed |
| you | glibbed |
| he;she;it | glibbed |
| we | glibbed |
| you | glibbed |
| they | glibbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had glibbed |
| you | had glibbed |
| he;she;it | had glibbed |
| we | had glibbed |
| you | had glibbed |
| they | had glibbed |
Future
| I | will glib |
| you | will glib |
| he;she;it | will glib |
| we | will glib |
| you | will glib |
| they | will glib |
Future Perfect
| I | will have glibbed |
| you | will have glibbed |
| he;she;it | will have glibbed |
| we | will have glibbed |
| you | will have glibbed |
| they | will have glibbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | glib |
| you | glib |
| he;she;it | glib |
| we | glib |
| you | glib |
| they | glib |
Perfect
| I | have glibbed |
| you | have glibbed |
| he;she;it | have glibbed |
| we | have glibbed |
| you | have glibbed |
| they | have glibbed |
Imperfect
| I | glibbed |
| you | glibbed |
| he;she;it | glibbed |
| we | glibbed |
| you | glibbed |
| they | glibbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had glibbed |
| you | had glibbed |
| he;she;it | had glibbed |
| we | had glibbed |
| you | had glibbed |
| they | had glibbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would glib |
| you | would glib |
| he;she;it | would glib |
| we | would glib |
| you | would glib |
| they | would glib |
Perfect
| I | would have glibbed |
| you | would have glibbed |
| he;she;it | would have glibbed |
| we | would have glibbed |
| you | would have glibbed |
| they | would have glibbed |
Imperative
| you | glib |
| we | Let's glib |
| you | glib |
Verbs conjugated like 'glib'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'glib'
gib,
glim,
glip,
glob,
glub,
lib,
adlib,
alibi,
bib,
blab,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
A shortening of either obsolete English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”). See: English '
glibbery'.
Sample Sentences
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1628, Joseph Hal, “Christian Liberty Laid Forth,” in The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Volume V, London: Williams & Smith, 1808, p. 366, https://books.google.ca/books?id=8iUBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
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There is a drunken liberty of the Tongue; which, being once glibbed with intoxicating liquor, runs wild through heaven and earth; and spares neither him that is God above, nor those which are called gods on earth.
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And, when to all his Angels he propos'd / To draw the proud king Ahab into fraud, / That he might fall in Ramoth, they demurring, / I undertook that office, and the tongues / Of all his flattering Prophets glibb'd with lyes / To his destruction, as I had in charge. [1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 21, lines 371–376:]
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They are good internally in Fits of the Stone in the Kidneys, by glibbing the Ureters, and making even a large Stone pass with ease […] [1730, Edward Strother, Dr. Radcliffe’s Practical Dispensatory, London: C. Rivington, page 342:]
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We were having one of our bitterest cold snaps. Wind due north, shrieking over stiff land; two feet of snow, all substances glibbed with ice and granite-hard. [1944, Emily Carr, “Gran’s Battle”, in The House of All Sorts:]