cribbing

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Synonyms: ribbing, tribbing, crabbing, cribbling, dribbing, cribbins, chibbing, cribbin, cringing, rubbing, drubbing

Antonyms: ribbing, tribbing, crabbing, cribbling, dribbing, cribbins, chibbing, cribbin, cringing, rubbing, drubbing

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|crib||ing-form}}

Noun

1. The members used to build a (structural) [[crib]], usually of [[timber]]s or [[log]]s, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; [[cribwork]].
2. As a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a [[mineshaft]] or when raising a [[building]] off its foundation, as for moving to another location,
3. The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery.
4. {{lb|en|ethology|horses}} A self-injurious tendency of certain [[horse]]s to swallow air while slobbering and biting onto objects in and about their enclosure; cribbing and [[windsucking]] are regarded as equine forms of [[obsessive-compulsive disorder]].
5. An act of [[plagiarism]].

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