Crib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbed p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbing.]
 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
    If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.   --I. Taylor.
    Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined.   --Shak.
 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.]
    Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace.   --Dickens.


 cribbed
      See crib


 crib
      n 1: baby bed with high sides [syn: cot]
      2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
         (often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot]
      3: a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and
         discards one or two to make up the crib [syn: cribbage]
      v 1: use a crib, as in an exam
      2: take unauthorized (intellectual material)
      3: line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"
      [also: cribbing, cribbed]