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crib

Definition

  • noun: a small bed with high sides for a baby
  • noun: a manger for feeding animals
  • verb: to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else
  • verb: to provide with or put into a crib
  • usually used before another noun
  • synonyms: confine, hovel, hut

Examples

  • He got caught using a 'crib sheet'. [=a piece of paper with answers to test questions]

  • She 'cribbed' a line or two from her favorite poet.

  • How about coming up to my 'crib'? [='place']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) a la pared. They're against the wall already! Oh, you're so damn smart, you read it. A goddamn crib sheet. You almost blew it. You sure didn't help much. You can't do anything without a crib sheet. For God's sake, (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid