crib
nounEtymology
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”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf (“crib”), West Frisian krêbe (“crib”), Dutch krib (“crib, manger”), German Krippe (“rack, crib”), Danish krybbe (“crib”), Icelandic krubba (“crib”). Doublet of crèche. The sense of ‘stealing, taking notes, plagiarize’ seems to have developed out of the verb. The criminal sense may derive from the 'basket' sense, circa the mid 18th century, in that a poacher could conceal poachings in such a basket (see the 1772 Samuel Foote quotation). The cheating sense probably derives from the criminal sense.
Definitions
A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has…
A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
- In two minutes I was kneeling by the child’s crib, and Sandy was dispatching servants here, there, and everywhere, all over the palace. I took in the situation almost at a glance -- membranous croup!
A bed for a child older than a baby.
- a day or two afterwards I learned that Miss Temple, on returning to her own room at dawn, had found me laid in the little crib; my face against Helen Burns’s shoulder, my arms round her neck. I was asleep, and Helen was -- dead.
A small sleeping berth in a packet or other small vessel.
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A wicker basket.
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one…
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of…
The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
A bin for drying or storing grain, such as a corn crib.
A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage…
A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
- A kitchen, a meat-house, a dairy, a crib with two stalls in the rear, one for the horse the other for the cow, were the out-buildings
- Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
A confined space, such as a cage or office cubicle.
- The singers were in a crib of wirework (like a large meat-safe or bird-cage) in one corner
A job, a position
A job, a position; (British) an appointment.
- but if I have lost my crib and get nothing in exchange I shall feel what a soft Johnny I have been.
A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used…
A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
- Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, / Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, / And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, / Than in the perfumed chambers of the great,
A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing…
A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written…
A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
The card game cribbage.
- “May we play crib, Mrs. Radford?” he asked.
The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer, akin to the kitty or widow in…
The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer, akin to the kitty or widow in other card games.
A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then…
A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
- He ate a thick square of banana cake from his crib and stared into the fire.
A small raft made of timber.
The stomach.
- Here's Pannum and Lap, and good Poplars of Yarrum, / To fill up the Crib, and to comfort the Quarron.
A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
A cheat sheet or past test used by students
A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
- Why, you would not be boosing till lightman's in a square crib like mine, as if you were in a flash panny?
- Toby and me were over the garden-wall the night afore last, sounding the panels of the door and shutters. The crib's barred up at night like a jail; but there's one part we can crack, safe and softly.
- My flow, my show brought me the dough / That bought me all my fancy things / My crib, my cars, my pools, my jewels.
To place or confine in a crib.
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
- if only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped
- But now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined, bound in, / To saucy doubts and fears
To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document…
To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
- I cribbed the recipe from the Food Network site, but made a few changes of my own.
To plagiarize
To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
- This subplot—as well as a few other threads that have been teased from the Star Wars saga’s next installment—prompts another question: just how much of this film’s plot will be cribbed from The Empire Strikes Back?
To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
To steal or embezzle.
- There are a brace of birds and hare, that I cribbed this morning out of a basket of game.
- "Somebody crib the mayor's crown jools, or has some joyous cuss eloped with the auto patrol?"
To complain, to grumble
- She calls on the neighbours, she's out half the time and doesn't answer the telephone, and when I start cribbing she just laughs.
To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
To use a known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, to work…
To use a known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, to work out the remaining sections.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for crib. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA