Crib - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) (syn: pony, trot)
- a bin or granary for storing grains
- the cards discarded by players at cribbage
- a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
verb
- take unauthorized (intellectual material)
- line with beams or planks
Extra examples
She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.
I took her to my crib.
This place looks like a fifty-cent crib joint.
The boy cribbed the answer from a book that he was hiding under the table.
When I start cribbing she just laughs.
I'm not at my crib, I'm at Jed's house.
He didn't want anyone to crib the answers from him.
There will be no cribbing from anyone else's work!
She laid the baby in his crib for a nap.
The baby looks content in her crib.
The baby burbled happily in her crib.
The baby cooed quietly in her crib.
...a distressed baby puling in its crib...
The baby was squalling in the crib.
She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib
Word forms
I/you/we/they: crib
he/she/it: cribs
present participle: cribbing
past tense: cribbed
past participle: cribbed
singular: crib
plural: cribs
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