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DIBS
dibs
(noun) a claim of rights; “I have dibs on that last slice of pizza”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
dibs (uncountable)
(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
Synonyms
• bags (Australia)
Interjection
dibs
(informal) Used to claim this right
Verb
dibs (third-person singular simple present dibses, present participle dibsing, simple past and past participle dibsed)
(informal) To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.
Synonyms
• (to reserve): bagsy (UK), bags (Australia)
Etymology 2
Noun
dibs (uncountable)
(dated) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
Etymology 3
Noun
dibs
plural of dib
(obsolete) A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand.
Anagrams
• BIDS, IDBs, bids
Noun
DIBs
plural of DIB
Anagrams
• BIDS, IDBs, bids
Source: Wiktionary
Dibs, n.
Definition: A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. Johnston.
DIB
Dib, v. i.
Definition: To dip. [Prov. Eng.] Walton.
Dib, n.
1. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
2. pl.
Definition: A child's game, played with dib bones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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