cribbing

Stealing test answers

Cribbing is cheating by copying from hidden notes or another's work: The teacher caught him cribbing from his neighbor's test.

In construction, cribbing refers to a framework of stacked timbers used for support or lifting.

Horses that compulsively bite and suck air on stable edges are also said to be cribbing—a behavioral vice born of confinement.

equine

horse

Domesticated riding animal

  • stableSecure and unchanging
  • stallEnclosed compartment or delay
  • viceBad habit or deputy

boredom · behavior · fence · veterinarian · management · foal · weanling · colic · ulcer · nutrition

construction

shoring

Temporary structural support

foundation · support · mining · excavation · trench · reinforcement · framework · structure · bracing · underpinning

cheating

copying

Reproducing something exactly

exam · test · notes · homework · peeking · academic · dishonesty · infringement · unauthorized · shortcuts

infant

baby

Very young child

sleeper · rails · mattress · newborn · nap · swaddle

Categories
Opposites
academic/intellectual honesty

cribbingacademic honesty

Ethical conduct in scholarship

independent study

creative originality

cribbinginnovating

Creating original methods

creating · originating · inventing · original composition · composing

structural support (construction sense)

cribbingdismantling

Taking apart systematically

excavating · destabilizing · demolishing · tearing down · exposing

Family

crib, cribs, cribbed, cribber

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G