subdict-logo

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

  • (..) lf you screw me, watch out! One print for two theaters! You'll pay for this! l'm from Naples, and you will see it and die! We see the crib. The child's asleep. ''Do something!'' The lawyer told me. Now l know. ''The lawyer told me. (..)
    1988 Cinema Paradiso