1. A claim of rights
   "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza"
    
2. [archaic, informal] The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
   "we tried to collect the dibs he owed us";
   - money, coin [US, informal], boodle [informal], bread [informal], cabbage [US, informal], clams [US, informal], dinero [N. Amer, informal], dough [informal], gelt [informal], kale [US, informal], lettuce [US, informal], lolly [Brit, informal], lucre [informal], loot [informal], moolah [N. Amer, informal], pelf [archaic, informal], scratch [informal], shekels [informal], simoleons [US, informal], sugar [informal], wampum [N. Amer, informal], wonga [Brit, informal], moola [N. Amer, informal], brass [Brit, informal], spondulix [Brit, informal], spondulicks [Brit, informal], mazuma [US, informal], dosh [Brit, informal]

1. Dig a hole by poking, esp. to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
   "She dibbed holes in the garden bed to plant tulip bulbs"

Type of: claim, medium of exchange, monetary system

Part of: money supply

Encyclopedia: Dibs