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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To dip.
  2. To dip; specifically, in angling, to dibble.
  3. n. A dip.
  4. n. A depression in the ground.
  5. n. A valley.
  6. n. A pool; a dub.
  7. n. One of the small bones, or huckle-bones, of a sheep's leg; the knee-pan or the ankle-bone. See astragalus.
  8. n. 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. As played with pebbles, this game is also called chackstones, jackstones. In Scotland called chuckies, chucks, or chuckie-stanes, and played with pebbles.
  9. n. plural Money.
  10. n. The final element of many place-names in India and the East: as, Serendib (an old name of Ceylon), Maldives, Laccadives.

Wiktionary

  1. v. to dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
  2. v. to move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
  3. n. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. Prov. Eng. To dip.
  2. n. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
  3. n. A child's game, played with dib bones.

Examples

  • “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

  • “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

  • “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

  • “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

  • “Anyone called dib on BTKing the brunette chick in this movie yet?”

    THE CONCEPT OF ZOMBIES NEVER GETS OLD!!!

  • “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?

  • “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

  • “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.”

    Ronan Keating A Drug-Crazed Madman (Kind Of)

  • “Could I just say, that despite the wreckiness, the "yu dib it" cake looks YUMMY?”

    The Teacher Tearjerker

  • “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

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  1. dip

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  1. knuckle-bone
  1. dibstone
  1. dubs
  1. jackstone
  1. cockal
  1. dib
  1. dibble
  1. Div.

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