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What does the slang word dibs mean?

What does the slang word dibs mean?

money
1 slang : money especially in small amounts. 2 : claim, rights I have dibs on that piece of cake.

How do you use first dibs?

You’ll often find the word dibs in the phrase “have first dibs on.” For example, you could say, “I wanted the chocolate donut, but my sister had first dibs on it.” Usually, having dibs on something is merely a matter of being the first person to claim it out loud.

What is another word for first dibs?

What is another word for first dibs?

access right
admittance dibs
entitlement privilege
allowance dispensation
liberty licence

Do you get first dibs?

: choice of (something) before anyone else gets to pick The farm always gives first dibs on its vegetables to local families.

Who got dibs?

(informal) A claim to the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else. Dibs means I get the hammock. Who’s got dibs on the chips? Plural form of dib.

What is the opposite of dibs?

Opposite of the right, admission, or opportunity to use. inaccessibility. inaccessibleness.

What is a synonym for dibs?

In this page you can discover 6 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dibs, like: claim, pretension, owned, pretense, title and request.

Do people still say dibs?

Dibs in this sense is children’s slang that goes back to the early 1900s. By mid-20th century, it had made its way into the more formal writing of some adult users of English, though even today dibs remains more prevalent among the young.

How do I call dibs?

To call dibs, you usually actually say (or shout) dibs, especially while mentioning the thing you’re claiming, as in Dibs on the last slice of pizza! If you’ve got dibs, you consider yourself to have the right to the thing that you’ve made a claim to. Dibs is very informal and is mostly used by kids.

What is the full form of did?

Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative identity disorder.