Antonyms for gibbet
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : jib-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪb ɪt |
Definition of gibbet
Origin :- early 13c., "gallows," from Old French gibet "gallows; a bent stick," diminutive of gibe "club," perhaps from Frankish *gibb "forked stick." The verb meaning "to kill by hanging" is from 1590s. Related: Gibbeted; gibbeting. "Originally synonymous with GALLOWS sb., but in later use signifying an upright post with projecting arm from which the bodies of criminals were hung in chains or irons after execution" [OED].
- As in gallows : noun place for hanging
- As in choke : verb smother, block
- As in hang : verb kill by suspension from a rope
- Long ago the cliff with its gibbet has been washed away by the sea.
- Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
- The gibbet remained for three years, and was then blown down in a gale.
- Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
- The gibbet was standing until the year 1850, when it was blown down.
- Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
- The body of Peare was not permitted to remain long on the gibbet.
- Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
- I avoided the gibbet which, however, should not have dishonored me as I should only have been hung.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Fire and gibbet had been mercilessly employed to destroy it.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
- The gibbet and the fearful "estrapade" had not deterred them.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
- But once a gibbet stood on Wapping Wharf, and pirates were hanged upon it.
- Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks
- Patch: Nothin 's been right since that ol' lady hanged me ter a gibbet.
- Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks
- Skull and Crossbones was too obvious, and my next choice was The Gibbet.
- Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks
Synonyms for gibbet
- asphyxiate
- bar
- check
- clog
- close
- congest
- constrict
- dam
- die
- drown
- execute
- fill
- gag
- garrote
- gasp
- gibbet
- hanging
- hoist
- kill
- lynch
- noose
- obstruct
- occlude
- overpower
- potence
- retard
- rope
- scaffold
- scrag
- send to the gallows
- squeeze
- stifle
- stop
- stopper
- strangle
- strangulate
- stretch
- string up
- stuff
- stunt
- suffocate
- suppress
- swing
- throttle
- wring
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