"cribber" meaning in All languages combined

See cribber on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cribbers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs Proto-Germanic *krebô Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā Old English cribb Middle English crib English crib English -er English cribber From crib + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|crib|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs Proto-Germanic *krebô Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā Old English cribb Middle English crib English crib English -er English cribber [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to carve", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gerbʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*grebʰ-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*krebô", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kribjǭ", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kribbjā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "cribb", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "crib", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "crib", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cribber", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cribber"> From crib + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cribber (plural cribbers)
  1. One who cribs from others; a plagiarist.
    Sense id: en-cribber-en-noun-Ts-D0uIx Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 100 0
  2. A horse that has the habit of cribbing (seizing a solid object with the teeth and drawing in wind). Synonyms: stumpsucker
    Sense id: en-cribber-en-noun-k~rDS~zM Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Horses Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 28 72 Disambiguation of Horses: 18 82

Inflected forms

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    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/grebʰ-"
    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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      "crib",
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    ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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}
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    ],
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    ],
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      "crib",
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      ],
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        }
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