dib
1 of 3intransitive verb
ˈdib
dibbed; dibbed; dibbing; dibs
: to fish by letting the bait bob and dip lightly
dib
2 of 3noun
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plural -s
1
British
a
a dibs plural but singular in construction : the game of jacks
b
: a knucklebone or jack used in playing jacks —usually used in plural
2
dibs plural, slang : money especially in small amounts
3
dibs plural : claim, reservation, rights —used with on
I have dibs on that piece of cake
dib
3 of 3"
variant of dub:3
Word History
Etymology
Intransitive verb
perhaps from obsolete dib to dab, pat, probably alteration of dab
Noun
short for dibstone
- Africanderism
- africanderism
- africanders
- africanisation
- africanisations
- africanise
- Africanise
- africanised
- africanises
- africanising
- Africanism
- africanisms
- Africanist
- africanist
- africanists
- Africanity
- africanization
- africanizations
- Africanize
- africanized
- Africanized bee
- africanizes
- africanizing
- africanness
- Africanoid