glib

Plural: glibs

Adjective Satellite

marked by lack of intellectual depth
- "glib generalizations"
- "a glib response to a complex question"
having only superficial plausibility
- "glib promises"
artfully persuasive in speech
- "a glib tongue"

Adj

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
Smooth or slippery.
Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.

Verb

To make smooth or slippery.
To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Noun

A person's mouth or tongue.
A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly common in Ireland.

Adjective

Speaking or performing with ease but often superficially or insincerely.

Examples

a glib tongue; a glib speech
a sheet of glib ice
His glib explanation for why he played ’QI’ without a hook didn’t convince the Scrabble purists.

Origin / Etymology

A shortening of either English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

Synonyms

glib-tongued, pat, slick, smooth-tongued, dubber

Scrabble Score: 7

glib: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
glib: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
glib: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

glib: valid Words With Friends Word