Cribs meaning : A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. A bed for a child older than a baby. A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel A wicker basket; compare Moses basket. A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay. The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi. A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib. A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals. A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle A job, a position; (British), an appointment. A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation. One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out. A house or dwelling place. A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing. (usually in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet. A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent. The card game cribbage. The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer. A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections. A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction. A packed lunch taken to work. A small raft made of timber. (thieves' cant) The stomach. A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet. To place or confine in a crib. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet. To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat. To install timber supports, as with cribbing. To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of. (Indian English) To complain, to grumble To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations. (of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.