crib

noun

/krɪb/

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(North American English)
(British English cot)
a small bed with high sides for a baby or young childTopics Life stagesc1
a long open box that horses and cows can eat from synonym manger
(British English)
(North American English crèche)
a model of the scene of Jesus Christ’s birth, placed in churches and homes at Christmas
(informal)
(also crib sheet)
a set of notes to help you remember important information, especially one taken secretly into an exam room
- crib notes
Topics Educationc2
(also cribbage)
a card game in which players score points by collecting different combinations of cards. The score is kept by putting small pegs in holes in a board.
(North American English, informal) the house, flat, etc. where somebody lives

Word OriginOld English (in the sense ‘manger’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe.

verb

/krɪb/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they crib	/krɪb/ /krɪb/
he / she / it cribs	/krɪbz/ /krɪbz/
past simple cribbed	/krɪbd/ /krɪbd/
past participle cribbed	/krɪbd/ /krɪbd/
-ing form cribbing	/ˈkrɪbɪŋ/ /ˈkrɪbɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] crib (something) (from somebody) (old-fashioned) to dishonestly copy work from another student or from a bookTopics Educationc2
[intransitive] crib (about something) (British English, old-fashioned or Indian English) to complain about somebody/something in an angry way
- Every time we met up, she would start cribbing.
- Luckily, my parents never cribbed about my failures.
- He spent the rest of the day cribbing that he had been overcharged.

Word OriginOld English (in the sense ‘manger’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe.