dibs

Meanings

Noun

• The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
• A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
• Plural of dib
• 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.

Verb

• To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.

Related

Similar words

• bags
• bagsy , bags

Origin

• Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones. Also from dib or related to northern English dip, or a shortened version of divide.
• From Arabic دِبْس.