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DibEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Borrowed from Arabic ذئب (ḏiʔb, “wolf”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dibEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Variation of dip and/or dab.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- DibEnglish · e-37683-7585
Dib, dib, v.i. to dip, as in angling:—pr.p. dib′bing; pa.p. dibbed. [A form of dab.]
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Dib, dib, n. one of the small bones of a sheep's leg: (pl.) a children's game, played by throwing up such small bones or stones (Dib′-stones) from the palm and catching them on the back of the hand—(Scot.) Chuckie-stanes
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