Definition of crib

• n. - A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
• n. - A stall for oxen or other cattle.
• n. - A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
• n. - A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
• n. - A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
• n. - A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
• n. - A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
• n. - A small raft of timber.
• n. - A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
• n. - A miner's luncheon.
• n. - The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
• v. t. - To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
• v. t. - To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
• v. i. - To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
• v. i. - To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
• v. i. - To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.