dib

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verb (used without object),dibbed, dib·bing.
  1. to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.

Origin of dib

1
1600–10; expressive word akin to dab1, dip1, bob1, etc.

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How to use dib in a sentence

  • He had a feeling that was justified when he saw dib Heglin waiting.

    The Duck-footed Hound | James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • That Ptolemy's Jaba-dib or dio was intended, however vaguely, for the island of Java, cannot be doubted.

    The History of Sumatra | William Marsden
  • Uncle dib seemed happy, and evidently had a keen sense of what the consistency of the stew must be to make the flounder palatable.

  • No day was wholly wasted if it left dib Heglin nursing a bloody nose.

    The Duck-footed Hound | James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • dib, who knew how to add two and two, would know that the Mundees' harvest was ended.

    The Duck-footed Hound | James Arthur Kjelgaard

British Dictionary definitions for dib

dib

/ (dɪb) /


verbdibs, dibbing or dibbed
  1. (intr) to fish by allowing the bait to bob and dip on the surface

Origin of dib

1
C17: perhaps alteration of dab 1

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