dyb en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dɪb/
Etymology
Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.
Meanings
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(humorous, intransitive, qualifier:scouting, sometimes) In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege[…]
2009, Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dybbing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dybbed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dybbed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| dybs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dib | alternative | lexicographic |