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Dibbed vs Dybbed - What's the difference?

dibbed | dybbed |

As verbs the difference between dibbed and dybbed

is that dibbed is (dib) while dybbed is (dyb).

dibbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dib)

    • dib

    English

    (wikipedia dib)

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (dibb)
  • To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
  • To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
    • See also
    * dibbing * dibber * dibble * dibs

    Noun

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

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (dibb)
  • (scouting)

    • Anagrams

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    dybbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dyb)

    • dyb

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dib

    Verb

  • (intransitive, sometimes, humorous) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb , meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
  • * 2009 , Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs (page 54)
    • I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.
  • * 2009 , Wendy Holden, Beautiful People
    • '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 , Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits
    • Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege
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