Crib Definition
To have the habit of crib biting.
To do schoolwork dishonestly, as by using a crib.
Other Word Forms of Crib
Noun
Origin of Crib
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From Middle English crib, cribbe, from Old English crib, cryb, cribb, crybb (“couch, bed; manger, stall”), from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, twist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian creb (“crib”), West Frisian krêbe (“crib”), Dutch krib (“crib, manger”), German Krippe (“rack, crib”), Danish krybbe (“crib”), Icelandic krubba (“crib”). The sense of ‘stealing, taking notes, plagiarize’ seems to have developed out of the verb.
From Wiktionary
Middle English manger from Old English cribb
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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