dibs

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• UK: /dɪbz/
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• rhymes with -ɪbz
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH1 B Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide.

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *dibš- Arabic دِبْس (dibs)bor. English dibs Borrowed from Arabic دِبْس (dibs).

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: varaan — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Finnish: mä — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Finnish: mulle — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Finnish: apus — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• French: prems — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• French: preums m prims — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• French: shotgun — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Hungarian: stipistop — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Hungarian: stipistopi — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Hungarian: stip-stop — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Ingrian: cur — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Russian: чур (čur) — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Spanish: pido — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Spanish: es mío — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Spanish: me lo pido — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Spanish: lo clamo primero — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Spanish: me lo reservo — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Spanish: para mí — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Spanish: mío — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Swedish: pax — said to reserve to the right to something before anyone else
• Danish: helle for — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Finnish: varaus — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Finnish: apus — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• French: prems — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• French: preums — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• French: prims — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• French: shotgun — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• German: Vorrecht — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Icelandic: pant — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Norwegian Bokmål: fus — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Polish: zaklepywać — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Polish: zaklepać — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Russian: чур (čur) — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Serbo-Croatian: pik — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Spanish: primeras — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Spanish: prioridad — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Spanish: reserva — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Swedish: pax — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Swedish: tjing — the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else
• Finnish: varata — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve
• Finnish: apustaa — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve
• Hungarian: lestoppol — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve
• Ingrian: curattaa — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve
• Spanish: pedir — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve
• Spanish: clamar — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve
• Spanish: reservar — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve
• Swedish: paxa — to claim a temporary right to something; to reserve