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Crib

krɪb

Crib definitions
noun
crib cribs cribwork cribworks
  1. a child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot

    "tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child"

    cradle bassinet Moses basket
    • a barred container or rack for animal fodder; a manger
    • a model of the Nativity of Christ, with a manger as a bed

      "a choir was singing carols by a crib"

  2. a translation of a text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way

    "an English crib of Caesar's Gallic Wars"

    • a thing that has been plagiarized

      "is the song a crib from Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni’?"

  3. a person's apartment or house

    "there's a chance you might not get back to your crib tonight"

  4. a heavy timber framework used in foundations for a building or to line a mineshaft
  5. a light meal; a snack

    "I was carrying my crib in a paper bag"

verb
cribs cribbing cribbed crib
  1. copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement

    "he was doing an exam and didn't want anybody to crib the answers from him"

    • steal

      "a brace of birds and hare, that I cribbed this morning out of a basket of game"

  2. restrain

    "he had been so cabined, cribbed, and confined by office"

  3. grumble

    "those guys have nothing to crib about"

    grumble complain moan groan protest whine bleat carp cavil lodge a complaint make a complaint make a fuss