dibs

noun · interjection · verbA1

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noun

1.
(informal, uncountable)The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
I call dibs on the hammock!
He called dibs on batting first.
Who's got dibs on the chips?
2.
(dated, uncountable)A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
3.
(form of, plural)plural of dib
4.
(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.
5.
(archaic, slang)Money.

interjection

1.
(informal)Used to claim this right.

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verb

V_es/s

dibses

V_ing/Gerund

dibsing

V_ed/pp

dibsed

1.
(informal)To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.

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Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (counters used in a game with the same name). Also from dib (to tap) or related to northern English dip (small depression in the ground), or a shortened version of divide.