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dib

[ dib ]

verb (used without object)

, dibbed, dib·bing.
  1. to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.


dib

/ dɪb /

verb

  1. intr to fish by allowing the bait to bob and dip on the surface
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dib1

1600–10; expressive word akin to dab 1, dip 1, bob 1, etc.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dib1

C17: perhaps alteration of dab 1
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Example Sentences

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

That Ptolemy's Jaba-dib or dio was intended, however vaguely, for the island of Java, cannot be doubted.

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.

Dib, who knew how to add two and two, would know that the Mundees' harvest was ended.

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