Dyb

//dɪb// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws). humorous, intransitive, sometimes

    "I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards."

Example

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"I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards."

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.

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