Dibs vs Dips - What's the difference?
dibs | dips |
(informal) A claim to the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
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To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.
(dated) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
(obsolete) A child's game, played with dib bones.
As nouns the difference between dibs and dips
is that dibs is a claim to the right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else while dips is plural of lang=en.As verbs the difference between dibs and dips
is that dibs is to claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve while dips is third-person singular of dip.As an acronym DIPS is
defense-independent pitching statistics.dibs
English
(wikipedia dibs)Etymology 1
Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be fromNoun
(-)- Dibs means I get the hammock.
- Who's got dibs on the chips?
Synonyms
* bags (Australia)Derived terms
* first dibsVerb
(es)Synonyms
* (to reserve) bagsy (UK), bags (Australia)Etymology 2
Noun
(-)- (Johnston)