dyb
/dɪb/
dyb verb: in the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
Verb
dyb (third-person singular simple present dybs, present participle dybbing, simple past and past participle dybbed)
- In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
- Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege[…]2009, Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits
Forms of dyb
| third-person singular present | dybs |
|---|---|
| present participle | dybbing |
| past participle | dybbed |
| past | dybbed |
| alternative form | dib |
Origin of dyb
Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.
Words that rhyme with dyb
Questions about dyb
- What does dyb mean?
- Dyb means in the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
- What part of speech is dyb?
- Dyb is a verb.
- How do you pronounce dyb?
- Dyb is pronounced /dɪb/.
- What is the past tense of dyb?
- The past tense of dyb is dybbed.
Words near dyb in the dictionary
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