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crib

UK/kɹɪb/ US/ˈkrɪb/ fairly common informal slang uk us
noun (3) verb (3)

noun

1.

baby bed with high sides

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2.
3.

a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and discards one or two to make up the crib

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verb

1.

use a crib, as in an exam

2.
3.

line with beams or planks

  • “crib a construction hole”

Origin

From Middle English crib, cribbe, from Old English crib, cryb, cribb, crybb (“couch, bed; manger, stall”), from Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”).

Phrases

  • crib note
  • crib sheet

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