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dibs

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"Informal claim"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /dɪbz/Part of speech nounSorted bdisStarts with DEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Informal claim to something before others.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I call dibs on the hammock!
  • He called dibs on batting first.
  • Who's got dibs on the chips?

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