dibs

Meanings

1. The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.

1. Used to claim this right.

1. To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.

1. A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.

1. plural of dib
2. A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand.
3. Money.

1. plural of DIB

1. plural of Dib

Etymology

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.