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

  • (..) Muse, will you take these things off? - Shit. You put them on so tight. - I like realism. You never know who's watching, Brian. Nice crib, Sergeant. It's a lot nicer than the last place you confiscated. Ain't it? Eddie Fisher built this house for Elizabeth Taylor in the 's. You see, even the cops (..)
    2001 The Fast and the Furious