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dibs

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  • Regno Unito//dɪbz//

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

sostantivo

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    informaleThe 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.

Etimologia

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.

interiezione

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    informaleUsed to claim this right.

verbo

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

sostantivo

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    desuetoA 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

Etimologia

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

sostantivo

  1. 1

    obsoletoA 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

    arcaicoMoney.

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

  3. 3

    Anche una forma di dibplural of dib

Forme

passato
dibsed
participio passato
dibsed
participio presente
dibsing
3ª persona singolare
dibses
Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

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