Dib

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  • v. to dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
  • v. to move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
  • n. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To dip.
  • n. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
  • n. A child's game, played with dib bones.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To dip.
  • To dip; specifically, in angling, to dibble.
  • n. A dip.
  • n. A depression in the ground.
  • n. A valley.
  • n. A pool; a dub.
  • n. One of the small bones, or huckle-bones, of a sheep's leg; the knee-pan or the ankle-bone. See astragalus.
  • 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.
  • n. plural Money.
  • n. The final element of many place-names in India and the East: as, Serendib (an old name of Ceylon), Maldives, Laccadives.
    • Word Usage
    ""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.""
    Verb Form
    dibbed    dibbing    dibs   
    Cross Reference
    dibs    dibbing    dibber   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dip   
     
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