Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To dip.
- To dip; specifically, in angling, to dibble.
- noun A pool; a dub.
- noun A dip.
- noun A depression in the ground.
- noun A valley.
- noun The final element of many place-names in India and the East: as, Serendib (an old name of Ceylon), Maldives, Laccadives.
- noun One of the small bones, or huckle-bones, of a sheep's leg; the knee-pan or the ankle-bone. See
astragalus . - noun plural A children's game, consisting in throwing up the small bones of the legs of sheep, or small stones, and catching them first on the palm and then on the back of the hand.
- noun plural Money.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. To dip.
- noun One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
- noun A child's game, played with dib bones.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to dig a
hole bypoking ; especially, to dig a smallhole insoil for the purpose of planting abulb orseed - verb to move in a rapid,
cautious manner; especially, with movement like amouse orrat . - noun One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
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Examples
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"That's all you know about it," he said carelessly, as he shut one eye and took steady aim at the "dib" in the ring, "I've had two."
Purple Springs 1921
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The emphasis was and still is on self reliance with competitors doing all their own navigation as part of a pair or solo, travelling to different checkpoints where they 'dib' their electronic 'dibber' to show they've been there.
Singletrack World 2010
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One captain complains about the bad air on his ship and I have no idea where this is going until he calls "dib" on Galactica's air filters.
SF Universe 2009
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Could I just say, that despite the wreckiness, the "yu dib it" cake looks YUMMY?
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Anyone called dib on BTKing the brunette chick in this movie yet?
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Writers at Heat magazine are bloody tired and divorce lawyers are turning to energy shots and dib dabs to get through their extra long days.
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Uair robo tarisi le macaib Ruaidri a n-airecht fein arna cuired do cech oen fo leth dib-sin, acht mad Cormac mac Tomaltaig Meic Diarmata & Dauith O Flainn & a aes grada archena.
March 31st, 2008 m_francis 2008
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I can think of a plethora of characters who are memorable because of the book they are in: Paul Muad-dib or Jommy Cross spring to mind, or Hari Seldon: but in these cases, I do not think the character in and of himself is what makes him memorable, aside from his setting.
MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror? 2008
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Anyone who wants to do an audio recording of a story, dib that too, and if there are musicians, we could do an audiobook + soundtrack!
Cross-Posted from the Omikuji Project Community yuki_onna 2010
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Well but who is he playing to, Muad dib, if not the public?
Compare And Contrast: Obama Calls For Calm; McCain Attacks And Blames Obama 2009
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