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DIBS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dibs mean?
• DIBS (noun)
The noun DIBS has 1 sense:
1. a claim of rights
Familiarity information: DIBS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A claim of rights
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
I have dibs on that last slice of pizza
Hypernyms ("dibs" is a kind of...):
claim (an assertion of a right (as to money or property))
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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