dib
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9.1
A quick spoken claim to keep something for yourself
- noun
- /dɪb/
- Slang
:
reservarse (informal)
- Before anyone else, I call dibs on the front seat of the car.
- call dibs
- first dibs
- get dibs
Examples
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Dibs on him this semester.
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Kallan is delighted, "I call dibs on being Doh Number One!"
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I got first dibs though.
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We supposed to get first dibs on all them jobs, and they was taken them jobs away--
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And you got first dibs.
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You still want first dibs?
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I call dibs on its clues.
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You're man enough to call dibs on the guide.
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Make no mistake: KLG and Hoda have dibs on this glass of wine.
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It would be no surprise that bureaucrats get first dibs on such food.
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Synonyms
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8.5
A spoken claim to have something before others
is the singular variant used instead of the plural form
Surface Forms
Etymology
One idea is that dib for a quick claim comes from children's slang dibs, from an old game called 'dibstones' where players used small stones and called 'dibs' to mark what was theirs. That's why saying dib is a fast way to mean 'this is mine' or 'I reserve it'.