dibs

noun

1. 1

   informalThe 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.

interjection

1. 1

   informalUsed to claim this right.

verb

1. 1

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

noun

1. 1

   datedA 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

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteA 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

   archaicMoney.

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

3. 3

   Also a form of dibplural of dib

Forms

past tense

dibsed

past participle

dibsed

present participle

dibsing

third person singular

dibses