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dibs

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  • Vereinigtes Königreich//dɪbz//

The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichThe 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?

    Del Valle has the blessing of a garage, so he doesn't have to claim “dibs” on shoveled street spots himself, he said.

Herkunft

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.

Interjektion

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichUsed to claim this right.

Verb

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichTo claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    veraltendA 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 use

Herkunft

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *dibš- Arabic دِبْس (dibs)bor. English dibs Borrowed from Arabic دِبْس (dibs).

Substantiv

  1. 1

    veraltetA 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. 2

    altertümlichMoney.

    Get hold of the dibs, says he, and then you are bound to be right.

  3. 3

    Auch eine Form von dibplural of dib

Formen

Präteritum
dibsed
Partizip II
dibsed
Partizip I
dibsing
3. Person Singular
dibses
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