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

  • (..) Why? I reckon 'cause mockingbirds don't do anything... but make music for us to enjoy. Don't eat people's gardens. Don't nest in the corn cribs. They don't do one thing butjust sing their hearts out for us. How'd you like school? All right. Thankyou, Cal. (..)
    1962 To Kill a Mockingbird