a rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn.
a bin for storing grain, salt, etc.
Informal.
a translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony.
plagiarism.
a petty theft.
a room, closet, etc., in a factory or the like, in which tools are kept and issued to workers.
a shallow, separate section of a bathing area, reserved for small children.
any confined space.
Slang. a house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing.
Building Trades, Civil Engineering. any of various cellular frameworks of logs, squared timbers, or steel or concrete objects of similar form assembled in layers at right angles, often filled with earth and stones and used in the construction of foundations, dams, retaining walls, etc.
a barrier projecting part of the way into a river and then upward, acting to reduce the flow of water and as a storage place for logs being floated downstream.
a lining for a well or other shaft.
Slang. one's home; pad.
Cribbage. a set of cards made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.
a cheap, ill-kept brothel.
a wicker basket.
British, Australian. lunch, especially a cold lunch carried from home to work and eaten by a laborer on the job; snack.
verb (used with object),cribbed,crib·bing.
Informal. to pilfer or steal, especially to plagiarize (another's writings or ideas).
to confine in or as if in a crib.
to provide with a crib or cribs.
to line with timber or planking.
verb (used without object),cribbed,crib·bing.
Informal.
to use a crib in examinations, homework, translating, etc.
to steal; plagiarize.
(of a horse) to practice cribbing.
Origin of crib
before 1000; Middle English cribbe,Old English crib(b); cognate with Dutch krib,German Krippe;cf. crèche
OTHER WORDS FROM crib
un·crib,verb (used with object),un·cribbed,un·crib·bing.
She'll slide into the sand like a baby nestling down into a crib.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
"I'll put him in his crib," he decided, and thereupon he made a quick move toward the bassinette.
Baby Mine|Margaret Mayo
Then it struck me that there was something unholy about this affair, and I resolutely strode to the crib and seized the baby.
Visionaries|James Huneker
By this process, well executed, no water can pass downwards by the back of the crib.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
He put it in the crib, and returned with a second supply, when to his horror he found the crib empty.
The Violet Fairy Book|Various
British Dictionary definitions for crib
crib
/ (krɪb) /
noun
a child's bed with slatted wooden sides; cot
a cattle stall or pen
a fodder rack or manger
a bin or granary for storing grain, etc
a small crude cottage or room
USinformala house or residence
NZa weekend cottage: term is South Island usage only
any small confined space
informala brothel
a wicker basket
a representation of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid at birth
informala theft, esp of another's writing or thoughts
Also called (esp US): ponyinformal, mainlyBritisha translation of a foreign text or a list of answers used by students, often illicitly, as an aid in lessons, examinations, etc
short for cribbage
cribbagethe discard pile
Also called: cribworka framework of heavy timbers laid in layers at right angles to one another, used in the construction of foundations, mines, etc
a storage area for floating logs contained by booms
Australian and NZa packed lunch taken to work
verbcribs, cribbingorcribbed
(tr)to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib
(tr)informalto steal (another's writings or thoughts)
(intr)informalto copy either from a crib or from someone else during a lesson or examination
(tr)to line (a construction hole) with timber beams, logs, or planks
(intr)informalto grumble
Derived forms of crib
cribber, noun
Word Origin for crib
Old English cribb; related to Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German krippa; compare Middle High German krēbe basket