cribbing

[ krib-ing ]

/ ˈkrɪb ɪŋ /

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noun

Veterinary Medicine. Also called crib-biting, wind-sucking. an injurious habit in which a horse bites its manger and as a result swallows air.

Mining.

a timber lining, closely spaced, as in a shaft or raise.
pieces of timber for lining a shaft, raise, etc.

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 of cribbing

First recorded in 1635–45; crib + -ing¹

Words nearby cribbing

crib-biting, crib-wall, cribbage, cribbage board, cribber, cribbing, cribellum, cribnote, cribrate, cribration, cribriform

Definition for cribbing (2 of 2)

crib

[ krib ]

/ krɪb /

noun

a child's bed with enclosed sides.

a stall or pen for cattle.

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.

Example sentences from the Web for cribbing

Gibbs' cribbing: "milk," "bread," "eggs," "hope," and "change."

Sarah Palin's Money Man |Samuel P. Jacobs |February 10, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The test shows a high correlation with mental age, but more than most others it is subject to the influence of cribbing.

The Measurement of Intelligence |Lewis Madison Terman
Say, I've discovered who's been cribbing all those pretty little stones up at my aunt's!

Fred Fenton on the Crew |Allen Chapman
How long do you suppose it would take to get the cribbing down from Ledyard?

Calumet 'K' |Samuel Merwin

Hour by hour the piles of cribbing dwindled, and on the elevator the distance from bin walls to post-tops grew shorter.

Calumet 'K' |Samuel Merwin
When the Central Branch Railroad was built, the company took corn of settlers in payment for lands, cribbing it by the road.

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler |Pardee Butler

British Dictionary definitions for cribbing

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

US informal a house or residence

NZ a weekend cottage: term is South Island usage only

any small confined space

informal a brothel

a wicker basket

a representation of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid at birth

informal a theft, esp of another's writing or thoughts

Also called (esp US): pony informal, mainly British a 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

cribbage the discard pile

Also called: cribwork a 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 NZ a packed lunch taken to work

verb cribs, cribbing or cribbed

(tr) to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib

(tr) informal to steal (another's writings or thoughts)

(intr) informal to 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) informal to 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

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Definition for cribbing (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object), cribbed, crib·bing.

verb (used without object), cribbed, crib·bing.

Origin of crib

OTHER WORDS FROM crib

Example sentences from the Web for cribbing

British Dictionary definitions for cribbing

noun

verb cribs, cribbing or cribbed

Derived forms of crib

Word Origin for crib

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

cribbing

noun

Origin of cribbing

Words nearby cribbing

Definition for cribbing (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object), cribbed, crib·bing.

verb (used without object), cribbed, crib·bing.

Origin of crib

OTHER WORDS FROM crib

Words related to cribbing

Example sentences from the Web for cribbing

British Dictionary definitions for cribbing

noun

verb cribs, cribbing or cribbed

Derived forms of crib

Word Origin for crib