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• present participle of crib.

cribbing

American  

[krib-ing] / ˈkrɪb ɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called wind-sucking, crib-biting. Veterinary Medicine. an injurious habit in which a horse bites its manger and as a result swallows air.

2. Mining.

   1. a timber lining, closely spaced, as in a shaft or raise.

   2. pieces of timber for lining a shaft, raise, etc.

3. Building Trades, Civil Engineering. a system of cribs, as for retaining earth or for a building or the like being moved or having its foundations rebuilt.

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Etymology

Origin of cribbing

First recorded in 1635–45; crib + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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cribbing

I’ve done the same a hundred times, cribbing from emails to compose essays, from text messages to finish poems.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

Thomas Weber, an expert on German history, pointed out that in modern Germany one far-right party has been cribbing wholesale from parts of the Nazi party manifesto.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024

Firefighters secured the truck with “a grip hoist, grade 100 chain, and 6-inch vehicle strap cribbing, straps to keep the massively heavy vehicle from rolling any further forward,” fire officials posted on Facebook.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

The discipline already had a “massive plagiarism problem” with students borrowing computer code from friends or cribbing it from the internet, said MacKellar.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

One man, who was as honorable in all respects as most fellows, related how he had been caught cribbing.

From An American at Oxford by John Corbin

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