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Mumbojumbo Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

crab / crib

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00'Crab' means 'to complain' but I've seen many people use 'cribbing' for 'complaining'. Is this standard English? I don't see this meaning for 'crib' in Webster or Cambridge dictionaries.02br
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00Can someone explain this to me?02br
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00Thanks,02br
00MJ.0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00I've never encountered this meaning of 'crib'. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00I've never encountered this meaning of 'crib'.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I've never encountered this meaning of 'crib'. It just sounds to me like people are using the word incorrectly.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0 It's British slang:02br
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0I have 01b01i00never02i02b00 heard crib used in this way in the UK. 02br
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00It is sometimes used to mean copy, as in: "I cribbed my Maths homework from Mary".0-
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0I've not heard it used to mean complain either.0-
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0 I'm a native English speaker and the only meaning for me is:02br
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00To crab: to move sideways. (We talk about "a car crabbing" if it has been damaged in an accident and the rear wheels are slightly out of alignment with the front wheels).02br
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00To crib: to copy something from someone else - especially school homework assignments.02br
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