dib

present singular third person dibs · participle present dibbing · participle past dibbed · past dibbed

1. To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed.

   Synonyms: dibble

2. To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.

plural dibs

1. A dibber (gardening tool).
2. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

present singular third person dibs · participle present dibbing · participle past dibbed · past dibbed

1. alternativescoutingAlternative form of dyb.

   I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.

   2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs, page 54

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   'I'm a scout,' she smiled at him. The boy, in his turn, stared at Sam. He'd heard somewhere that scouting had got more trendy lately, that it was more snowboarding and surfing than dib-dib-dibbing and doing old ladies' gardens.

   2009, Wendy Holden, Beautiful People

plural DIBs

1. abbreviationspectroscopyastronomyAbbreviation of diffuse interstellar band.
2. abbreviationcomputingAbbreviation of device-independent bitmap.

plural Dibs

1. A surname from Arabic.