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Glib Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Glib? [adj] artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite" [adj] having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial" [adj] marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Glib: glib-tongued \| pat \| persuasive \| plausible \| slick \| smooth-tongued \| superficial Related Terms \| Find terms related to Glib: all jaw \| articulate \| bland \| buttery \| candid \| casual \| chatty \| Ciceronian \| clear \| communicative \| conversational \| cushy \| Demosthenian \| Demosthenic \| disarming \| easy \| easy as pie \| effortless \| effusive \| eloquent \| expansive \| facile \| facund \| fair-spoken \| felicitous \| fine-spoken \| flip \| fluent \| fluid \| frank \| fulsome \| gabby \| garrulous \| gassy \| gossipy \| gregarious \| gushy \| honey-mouthed \| honey-tongued \| ingratiating \| light \| long-winded \| loquacious \| Mickey Mouse \| multiloquent \| multiloquious \| newsy \| nonchalant \| nothing to it \| oily \| oily-tongued \| overtalkative \| painless \| plain \| prolix \| ready \| silver \| silver-tongued \| simple \| simple as ABC \| slick \| smooth \| smooth-spoken \| smooth-tongued \| smug \| soapy \| sociable \| soft \| soft-spoken \| spellbinding \| straightforward \| suave \| suave-spoken \| superficial \| talkative \| talky \| Tullian \| unburdensome \| uncomplicated \| unctuous \| verbose \| vocal \| vocative \| voluble \| well-spoken \| windy See Also \| Glib In Webster's Dictionary \Glib\, a. [Compar. {Glibber}; superl. {Glibbest}.] [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.] 1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.] 2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech. I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. --Shak. Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant. \Glib\, v. t. To make glib. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. \Glib\, n. [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.] A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.] The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. --Spenser. Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. --Southey. \Glib\, v. t. [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.] To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] --Shak.

Glib Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Glib?

[adj] artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite"
[adj] having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
[adj] marked by lack of intellectual depth; "glib generalizations"; "a glib response to a complex question"

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Glib In Webster's Dictionary

\Glib\, a. [Compar. {Glibber}; superl. {Glibbest}.] [Prob.
fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig,
glib, slippery.]
1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib. [Obs.]

2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity;
   fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.

         I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose
         not.                                  --Shak.

Syn: Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.


\Glib\, v. t.
To make glib. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.


\Glib\, n. [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.]
A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.]

      The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long
      glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging
      down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them.
                                               --Spenser.

      Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. --Southey.


\Glib\, v. t. [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld,
Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.]
To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] --Shak.

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