Spinks, who is seeking a match with Mike Tyson, took some gentle ribbing from the assembled comics.

Laura smiled at the gentle ribbing and set the pen down.

As every after-dinner speaker knows, a toast to the guests requires a gentle ribbing of the guests.

Jokes were rife at the cemetery about such funeral foibles, and Fisk could not resist some gentle ribbing.

Minicucci says that his clients force him to deal with the scandal, often in the form of gentle, or not-so-gentle, ribbing.

The press and Capcom reps simply played, gamers competing against one another with some gentle ribbing.

He is so pompous he cannot stand even gentle ribbing.

It's not like you'd get a bit of gentle ribbing from your colleagues.

Women often changed their minds; he glanced at her to see if she had caught this gentle ribbing.

Megan steeled herself for some gentle ribbing, which never materialized.