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  • noun Plural form of tib.

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Examples

  • The young Ethiopian office workers ripped up pieces of spongy injera bread and mopped up the sauce from a spicy grilled meat dish called "tibs."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • I like the titanic tibs at Madjet more than the lamb tibs I had at Zenebech.

    Matthew Yglesias » Zenebech Injera 2007

  • So I made a visit to Tana Ethiopian Restaurant and ordered the awazae tibs, $10, which is beef, onions, green peppers, garlic, and awazae which is a specially spiced red pepper.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Unitas We Stand 2008

  • So I made a visit to Tana Ethiopian Restaurant and ordered the awazae tibs, $10, which is beef, onions, green peppers, garlic, and awazae which is a specially spiced red pepper.

    Tana Ethiopian Restaurant Unitas We Stand 2008

  • The tibs are also cooked with tej, a special Ethiopian honey wine that Seble makes and bottles herself.

    Swept Off My Feet, Fassica Ethiopian Restaurant 2005

  • The tibs are also cooked with tej, a special Ethiopian honey wine that Seble makes and bottles herself.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • Zelzel tibs, beef sauteed with onions and other spices, was good, and easier to eat with hands than the wots, but tasted a bit dry after having stewed meats.

    Love at Second Taste - Messob Ethiopian Restaurant 2005

  • On redshanks and tibs thou shalt every day dine, [10]

    Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer

  • That message read: "Congrats to drose on winning the MVP he's played unbelievable this season!!! now just need tibs to win coach of the yr."

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The message read: "Congrats to drose on winning the MVP he's played unbelievable this season!!! now just need tibs to win coach of the yr."

    SI.com 2011

  • The eggplant tibs — a term for sautéed or stewed cubes of meat and vegetables — are a distinct switch-up from the typical vegetarian suspects.

    Where to Find Exceptional Ethiopian Food in Portland Maya MacEvoy and Eater Staff 2022

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