Usually means: Claiming rights to something first.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word dibs:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. dibs: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dibs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dibs: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dibs: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dibs: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dibs, dibs: Wordnik
  7. dibs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. DIBs, dibs: Wiktionary
  9. dibs: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dibs: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dibs: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Dibs, dibs: Dictionary.com
  13. dibs: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dibs: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dibs (song), Dibs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Dibs: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. dibs: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Dibs: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. dibs: Free Dictionary
  20. dibs: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. dibs: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. Dibs: World Wide Words
  23. Dibs: The Word Detective

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dibs: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. DIBS: Acronym Finder
  2. dibs: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. dibs: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. dibs: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. dibs: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Dibs: 1960's Slang
  4. D.I.B.S, D.I.B.S, dibs: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
verb:  (informal) To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.
noun:  (dated) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.
noun:  (obsolete) A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand.
noun:  (slang, archaic) Money.

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