Definitions
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?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Informal claim”4 letters
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