verb. The act of "claiming" a potential partner, meaning that person is off limits to any of your friends beacuse he/she is yours, but not making any moves or actions to get with the potential partner.
Herppette: Damn that boy is fine! I wanna make him mine!
Derp: You can't. Derpina claimed him two years ago.
Herpinson: She Vanessa-claimed him. You might as well go after him.
Herppette: Great! He's comeing over to my place to eat and I'm not talking food...