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crib⋅bing

[krib-ing]
–noun
1. Veterinary Medicine. Also called crib-biting, wind-sucking. an injurious habit in which a horse bites its manger and as a result swallows air.
2. Mining.
a. a timber lining, closely spaced, as in a shaft or raise.
b. pieces of timber for lining a shaft, raise, etc.
3. Building Trades, Civil Engineering. a system of cribs, as for retaining earth or for a building or the like being moved or having its foundations rebuilt.

Origin:
1635–45; crib + -ing 1

crib

[krib] noun, verb, cribbed, crib⋅bing.
–noun
1. a child's bed with enclosed sides.
2. a stall or pen for cattle.
3. a rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn.
4. a bin for storing grain, salt, etc.
5. Informal.
a. a translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony.
b. plagiarism.
c. a petty theft.
6. a room, closet, etc., in a factory or the like, in which tools are kept and issued to workers.
7. a shallow, separate section of a bathing area, reserved for small children.
8. any confined space.
9. Slang. a house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. a lining for a well or other shaft.
13. Slang. one's home; pad.
14. Cribbage. a set of cards made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.
15. a cheap, ill-kept brothel.
16. a wicker basket.
17. British, Australian. lunch, esp. a cold lunch carried from home to work and eaten by a laborer on the job; snack.
–verb (used with object)
18. Informal. to pilfer or steal, esp. to plagiarize (another's writings or ideas).
19. to confine in or as if in a crib.
20. to provide with a crib or cribs.
21. to line with timber or planking.
–verb (used without object)
22. Informal.
a. to use a crib in examinations, homework, translating, etc.
b. to steal; plagiarize.
23. (of a horse) to practice cribbing.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME cribbe, OE crib(b); c. D krib, G Krippe; cf. crèche
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crib   (krĭb)   
n.  
  1. A bed with high sides for a young child or baby.

    1. A small building, usually with slatted sides, for storing corn.

    2. A rack or trough for fodder; a manger.

    3. A stall for cattle.

    4. A petty theft.

    5. Plagiarism.

    6. See pony.

  2. A small crude cottage or room.

  3. Slang One's home.

  4. A framework to support or strengthen a mine or shaft.

  5. A wicker basket.

    1. A petty theft.

    2. Plagiarism.

    3. See pony.

  6. Games A set of cards made up from discards by each player in cribbage, used by the dealer.

v.   cribbed, crib·bing, cribs

v.   tr.
  1. To confine in or as if in a crib.

  2. To furnish with a crib.

    1. To plagiarize (an idea or answer, for example).

    2. To steal.

v.   intr.
To plagiarize; cheat.

[Middle English, manger, from Old English cribb.]
crib'ber n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
crib

  1. n.
    a location where thieves gather to plot; a dwelling for thieves, prostitutes, etc. (Underworld.) : The police busted a crib over on Fourth Street.
  2. n.
    a dwelling; home. : My good threads are all back at my crib.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

crib 
O.E. cribbe "manger, fodder bin in cowsheds and fields," from a W.Gmc. root probably related to Ger. krebe "basket." Meaning "child's bed with barred sides" is 1649; probably from frequent use in reference to the manger where infant Jesus was laid. Verb meaning "steal" is 17c. from alternate meaning "a basket," and this is probably source of student slang "plagiarize" (1778). Thieves' slang for "dwelling house" dates to at least 1812. The O.H.G. version passed to Fr. and became creche.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: crib
Pronunciation: 'krib
Function: noun
1 : a manger for feeding animals
2 a : a stall for a stabled animal b : a small child's bedstead with high enclosing usually slatted sides

Main Entry: crib·bing
Pronunciation: 'krib-i[ng]
Function: noun
: a vice of horses characterized by gnawing (as at a manger) while slobbering andsalivating
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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