crib 1 of 2

verb

Definition of cribnext
as in to reproduce
to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.

Related Words

Relevance

crib

2 of 2

noun

1
as in bassinet

Related Words
2
as in bawdy house

Related Words
3
as in booth

Related Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of crib
Verb
Many of its principles were cribbed from other sources, like Apple’s terms of service and the UN Declaration of Human Rights. — Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 21 Jan. 2026 But there's something a bit anticlimactic about ending it in that basement, as if the characters never had lives outside the archetypes the show made for them, cribbed from a role-playing game. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
When authorities arrived at the Aisenberg house and began their investigation, deputies found a boot print in Sabrina's room and a blonde hair in her crib that didn't belong to anyone in the family. — Curran Rastogi, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 The Budget Baby Boost crib bumpers were sold on TikTok Shop from March to July for about $16. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crib
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crib
  1. reproduce
  2. bassinet
  3. bawdy house
  4. booth
  5. invent
  6. cradle
  7. brothel
  8. box
Verb
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    — David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Shopping with friends, asking an employee for guidance, or seeing how others interact with a product can influence a decision in ways that are difficult to reproduce on a screen.
    — Connie Etemadi, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of reproduce
Noun
  • Aim for at least half, though ideally more, of your baby’s naps to be in their bassinet or crib.
    — Heather Gowen Walsh, Parents, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Ruby completed the announcement with several snapshots of Levi and his new family, starting with a picture of her toddler smiling down at the newborn bundled up in his hospital bassinet.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of bassinet
Noun
  • She was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy house, according to the DHS.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • All of the women working in the bawdy houses are modest and never look lascivious because, Lord knows, that would be horrific.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025
Definition of bawdy house
Noun
  • One of the suspects used a window punch tool to crack the booth window before kicking it in, police say.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Armory Sculpture section will include pieces by Sonya Clark, Rafael Ferrer, and Kaloki Nyamai, while the Armory Spotlight booth, given over to El Museo del Barrio this year, will feature a participatory textile installation by Lulu Varona.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of booth
Verb
  • In 1994, as Chinese reformer Deng Xiaoping’s market liberalization unleashed a heady entrepreneurial spirit across the People’s Republic, Wang quit his job at a vocational college and invented the world’s first automatic soymilk maker.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In effect, Beijing turned against Washington the same extraterritorial tactic Washington had invented to control chips.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of invent
Noun
  • Such a sentence sketches a profound contrast between Europe as the cradle of refined culture—the Renaissance, high art, and philosophy—and Asia as the site of empires and violence.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The piece is like a trippy cat’s cradle, in which the dancers become colorful parts of a machine.
    — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of cradle
Noun
  • Though Diestel went on to make clear that no one was proposing to turn bedrooms into brothels, introducing sexuality into a sacred context was enough to shake the little world of interconnected townspeople.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • At times a speakeasy and a brothel, the bar used to have tunnels under the building that ran to the local courthouse.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
Definition of brothel
Noun
  • Near the left corner of the 6-yard box, Pereyra turned and flicked a shot inside the back post.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Jurors get their own say The jury box has its own eclectic mix.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of box

Browse Nearby Words

crews
crib
cribbed
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Crib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crib. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on crib

Nglish: Translation of crib for Spanish Speakers

Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about crib

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of prowess

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

How to Pronounce the Trickiest Menu Items

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Aug. 21

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
alt-684346df967d5
Add A Letter Quiz Pick the letter that goes in the same spot in fou...
See All