dibs

noun Informal.

1. money in small amounts.
2. rights; claims: I have dibs on the car when Jimmy brings it back.

verb (used without object), dibbed, dib·bing.

1. to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.

pl n

1. another word for jacks
2. a slang word for money
3. (foll by on) informal rights (to) or claims (on): used mainly by children

verb dibs, dibbing or dibbed

1. (intr) to fish by allowing the bait to bob and dip on the surface

children’s word to express a claim on something, 1932, originally U.S., apparently a contraction of dibstone “a knucklebone or jack in a children’s game” (1690s), of unknown origin.

see dibs.

see have dibs on.