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Noun gibbet has 1 sense
  1. gallows, gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous - instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
    --1 is a kind of instrument of execution
    --1 has parts:
     hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie
    Derived form: verb gibbet1
,Verb gibbet has 2 senses
  1. gibbet - hang on an execution instrument
    --1 is one way to     hang, string up
    Derived form: noun gibbet1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. pillory, gibbet - expose to ridicule or public scorn
    --2 is one way to expose, exhibit, display
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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