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    [Plural noun]  | "dibs" | \ ˈdibz \


    1: money especially in small amounts

    2: claim, rights


    Origin: 1812 ;

     Short for dibstones jacks, from obsolete dib to dab;

    [Idiom]  | "dibs on" 


    1: —used to say one is making a claim (to something)

    [Idiom]  | "first dibs on" 


    1: choice of (something) before anyone else gets to pick

    [Plural noun]  | "dibs" 


    1: an entitlement to something;


      * e.g., " ... I get dibs on the front seat! "



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     [ "dibs" ]

    1: to claim something

      * e.g.,  ... i got dibs on that last piece of pizza 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: The most powerful force in the universe, it is used to call possession of a certain object or idea. There are very few things that trump dibs.

      * e.g.,  ... dibs on definition 1 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: What you have to call when a teammate pings a Mozambique in Apex Legends.

      * e.g.,  ... "Mozambique here!" 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: To have the rights to something, to own something.

      * e.g.,  ... I have dibs on that girl over there! 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: The game played by young gentlemen in which you call 'dibs' on any young lady that takes your fancy. Players are limited to five 'dibs' per evening out. When a player calls 'dibs' he must also tap another player with varying degrees of force, depending on the amount of alcohol that has been consumed. Once a young lady has had 'dibs' called on her she becomes out of bounds for all other players for the entirety of the evening. Any player who flaunts this rule and continues to 'pull' a lady who has had 'dibs' called on her, must pay a suitable forfeit.

      * e.g.,  ... 'Have you seen her!?? Dibs on that mate' 


     [ "dibs" ]

    2: The only exception to this rule is when a player calls cardboard on a young lady who has had ‘dibs’ called on her. Players are limited to one ‘cardboard’ call per evening and this allows that player to ‘pull’ the afore mentioned young lady as well as the original ‘dibs’ caller. The young lady remains out of bounds for all other players.

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: gangster slang for balls

      * e.g.,  ... Yo man, I gotta scratch my dibs 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: You say this if you want to be first in line, have the first slice of cake/pizza, want the front seat...

      * e.g.,  ... I call dibs on the cheese and pepperoni! 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: To claim something, best used if other various words follow in the claiming

      * e.g.,  ... Carl: Shotgun, ironman, no anti-freeze, DIBS! on the front seat of the car. 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: to claim an item, person, or thing in general

      * e.g.,  ... john called dibs for a cock in his face. 

     [ "dibs" ]

    1: Something you call out to claim something. Extra: Calling dibs on a person/item/activity has a 30 day limitation. After those thirty days, dibs are revoked.

      * e.g.,  ... Example* Person:you can have that, I called dibs! Person 2: That was 32 days ago, your time is up. Person: Dang. 

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