Sekirov Dictionary

dibs

/dɪbz/

noun 4
exclamation 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

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(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
- I call dibs on the hammock!
- He called dibs on batting first.
(old-fashioned) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
•
(slang, no longer used) Money.
- Get hold of the dibs, says he, and then you are bound to be right. — 1897
(no longer used) 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.

exclamation1

(informal) Used to claim this right.

verb1

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

forms

dibsed · dibsing · dibses

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