Verb She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet. students cribbing off each other's papers
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Noun
Adjacent to the Herb Garden, The Chase Is On by Michael McMahon features large iridescent bugs clinging to the facade of an original corn crib. Jeanine Barone, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Before Todd was a month old, Marv started stretching his hamstrings in his crib. Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 Richland Farm also includes several outbuildings: a superintendent’s house, barn, spring house and smokehouse dating from the 1800s, plus a corn crib, a second barn and sheds built around 1900. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022 And make the most of under-crib space by filling it with storage cubes and baskets to hold sheets, mattress protectors and other non-daily-use items. Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Washington Post, 16 June 2022 But instead of lying in a crib – which this age group just won’t do for very long – the infant sits on their parent’s lap with their hands on a lever that will eventually make a train move around a track. Vanessa Lobue, The Conversation, 8 June 2022 Located 10 miles downstream at the Jordan Narrows, the wood-crib structure had no influence on lake elevation, but its destruction illustrates the lake’s importance to the Jordan and Provo rivers’ water-distribution system. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Mar. 2022 Ore boats serving the upriver steel mill operated by Cleveland Cliffs could also start a slide if their bow thrusters scoured away too much of the riverside, or if one struck a vintage coal crib embedded along the river’s edge, Friedman said. Steven Litt, cleveland, 13 Mar. 2022 Next to the standing desk in his office, there’s a wooden crib that Frida is outgrowing. Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2022
Verb
To crib an infamous line from Charlie Strong, the cake is baked for Choice. Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 18 July 2022 Now, the quarterback he was traded for has put his California crib up for sale. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2022 One good way to gauge a track's possible inclusion is to peek at Mario Kart Tour's available tracks, which also crib heavily from the series' past. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2022 The finished product ought to crib styling cues from its forebear without recycling its looks. Gregory Fink, Car and Driver, 23 Feb. 2022 Stief and Zames have effectively—to crib some tech lingo—narrowed the discovery funnel. Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 18 Feb. 2022 That will increase security — test-takers can’t crib an answer from someone else — but could raise questions about how to fairly assess students who are taking different tests. Teresa Watanabe, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2022 That will increase security — test-takers can’t crib an answer from someone else — but could raise questions about how to fairly assess students who are taking different tests. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022 Whereas the Côte d'Azur and Solihull Sand trims seem to crib their aesthetics from the past, the Kokkini Paralia embraces the present. Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 24 Dec. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English cribb; akin to Old High German krippa manger, and perhaps to Greek griphos reed basket
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1