dibs
nominterjectionverbenomnomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//dɪbz//
The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
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familierThe 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.
Étymologie
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.
interjection
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familierUsed to claim this right.
verbe
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familierTo claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.
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vieilliA 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
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *dibš- Arabic دِبْس (dibs)bor. English dibs Borrowed from Arabic دِبْس (dibs).
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obsolèteA 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.
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archaïqueMoney.
Get hold of the dibs, says he, and then you are bound to be right.
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Aussi une forme de dibplural of dib
Formes
- passé
- dibsed
- participe passé
- dibsed
- participe présent
- dibsing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- dibses
dibs · The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
dice · Gaming with one or more dice.Dice · A surname.dick · The penis.