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dibbs

dibbs is the alternative form of dibs.

Meaning of dibs

Noun (1)

dibs (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
    • I call dibs on the hammock!
    Synonyms:
    bags

Noun (2)

dibs (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
    • Besides what is thus consumed, the village makes about 180,000 pounds of raisins , one third of which is for home consumption , and about 24,000 pounds of dibs, ( grape molasses , ) all of which is for home use1874, John William Kirton, The Temperance Hand-Book

Noun (3)

dibs

  1. (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.
  2. (archaic, slang) Money.
    • Get hold of the dibs, says he, and then you are bound to be right.1897, The Investors Review, volume 10, page 310

See all 6 meanings of dibs

Proper noun capitalized: Dibbs

Dibbs

  1. (plural) plural of Dibb

Questions about dibbs

What is dibbs the alternative form of?
Dibbs is the alternative form of dibs.
What part of speech is dibbs?
Dibbs is a proper noun.

Words near dibbs in the dictionary

  1. dibbling
  2. dibbly-dobbler
  3. dibbly-dobblers
  4. dibbly-dobblies
  5. dibbly-dobbly
  6. dibbs
  7. dibbuk
  8. dibbukim
  9. dibbuks
  10. Dibden
  11. Dibdens

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