vt to mark or indicate by a rebus.
2. rebus ·noun a pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. ·see canting arms, under canting.
3. rebus ·noun a mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.