Gibson

English

Etymology

From Gibb +‎ -son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbsən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Gibson (countable and uncountable, plural Gibsons)

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
   2. A small city, the county seat of Glascock County, Georgia.
   3. A township in Washington County, Indiana.
   4. A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
   5. An unincorporated community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
   6. A township in Bay County, Michigan.
   7. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
   8. An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
   9. An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
   10. A hamlet in the town of Corning, Steuben County, New York.
   11. A town in Scotland County, North Carolina.
   12. A township in Mercer County, Ohio.
   13. An unincorporated community in Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
   14. A township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.
   15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
   16. A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
   17. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
4. A community of Tiny township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
5. A small town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.

Derived terms

• Gibson ring
• Gibson City
• Gibson County
• Gibsonesque
• Gibsonian
• Port Gibson

Noun

Gibson (plural Gibsons)

1. A cocktail made with gin (or vodka) and vermouth, garnished with cocktail onions. [from 20th c.]
   • 1962, Allen Drury, A Shade of Difference:

     "I doubt it, Tommy," the Majority Leader said, coming up behind him so unexpectedly that the little Justice jumped and almost spilled his Gibson.

   • 1968, Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy:

     I found Willie in the airport bar drinking a Gibson.

2. An acoustic or electric guitar made by the Gibson company.
   • 2000, Larry Sandberg, The Acoustic Guitar Guide:

     Many older Gibsons have become collector's items: […] But older Gibsons are also good player's guitars.

   • 2008, Rick Rinehart, Amy Rinehart, Dare to Survive: Death, Heartbreak, and Triumph in the Wild‎^[1], page xiv:

     We'd like to think that his spirit lives on under the western sky he so loved, strumming his Gibson somewhere and belting out a Woody Guthrie ballad to an audience of coyotes and rabbitbrush.

References

• “Gibson”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Gobins, bigons, bingos, boings, obsign