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dibs




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dibs
     1. n. (informal) A claim to the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
           Dibs means I get the hammock.
           Who's got dibs on the chips?
     2. interj. (informal) Used to claim this right
     3. v. (informal) To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.
     4. n. (dated) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
     5. n. plural of dib
     6. n. (obsolete) A 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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