crib
noun
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
was cribbing
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past progressiveof crib.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Whewell was cribbing from a century-old custom at the French Academy of Sciences in Paris of writing reports that evaluated inventions and discoveries in the service of the king.
From Nature ● Apr. 18, 2016
So if Lehrer was cribbing only from himself, the what's-all-the-fuss-o-sphere wanted to know, who precisely was harmed?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2012
Whether he was cribbing off my colleague’s work or relying on his own reporting, Clayton said over the weekend that McNabb will be worth, you guessed it, a sixth or seventh rounder.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2011
And after that I saw him pull a paper out of his sleeve--you know the kind I mean, the ones they fasten to an elastic--and he was cribbing his answers from that.
From Dick Randall The Young Athlete by Ellery H. Clark
