crib (krĭb) n. A bed with high sides for a young child or baby. A small building, usually with slatted sides, for storing corn. A rack or trough for fodder; a manger. A stall for cattle. A petty theft. Plagiarism. See pony.
A small crude cottage or room. Slang One's home. A framework to support or strengthen a mine or shaft. A wicker basket. A petty theft. Plagiarism. See pony.
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.
To confine in or as if in a crib. To furnish with a crib. To plagiarize (an idea or answer, for example). To steal.
v.
intr. To plagiarize; cheat.
[Middle English, manger, from Old English cribb.] crib'ber n. |