Meaning & use
dibs
An informal claim to have or use something before anyone else.
See it in a sentence
I called dibs on the last slice of pizza before anyone else could grab it.
As the oldest sibling, she always got first dibs on the front seat.
A note on using this word
"Dibs" is informal and almost always follows the verb "call," as in "call dibs," or appears in the phrase "first dibs."
Words with a similar meaning
first claimpriority
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