Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A piece of cloth or plastic secured under the chin and worn, especially by small children, to protect the clothing while eating.
- n. The part of an apron or pair of overalls worn over the chest.
- n. Bibbed overalls worn while skiing.
- n. A piece of cloth or plastic bearing a number, usually worn over the chest or back, identifying a competitor in a race.
- v. To drink or to indulge in drinking.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To sip; tipple; drink frequently.
- n. A cloth worn by children under the chin to keep the front of the dress clean, especially when eating.
- n. A similar article worn by adults, especially as forming the upper part of an apron.
- n. A curved vent or nozle used to alter the direction of the flow of liquids.
- n. Nautical, same as bibb, the usual spelling in this sense.
- n. The most common name of the whiting-pout, Gadus luscus, a fish of the family Gudidæ. See blens, 2.
Wiktionary
- n. An item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
- n. The upper part of an apron or overalls.
- v. archaic To drink heartily; to tipple.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
- n. (Zoöl.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also
pout andwhiting pout . - n. A bibcock.
- v. obsolete To drink; to tipple.
- v. To drink; to sip; to tipple.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating
- v. drink moderately but regularly
- n. top part of an apron; covering the chest
Etymologies
- Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō ("I drink"), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, or of imitative origin (onomatopoeia). Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills. (Wiktionary)
- Probably from Middle English bibben, to drink heartily, from Latin bibere; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Cracking them open can be hard work, and you're going to get messy (a bib is provided), but the reward of large chunks of succulent crabmeat with a spicy kick makes it worth the effort.”
“This is my partner Manuel," said Eleno over the din, taking us to a big man in bib overalls who was pushing a huge chunk of obsidian into a howling buzz saw — with his bare hands.”
“If he looked behind him, he would see DeMint with a napkin bib, knife, and fork.”
“I soon saw a fellow in bib overalls walking in my direction who had not noticed me since he was intent on studying the deer tracks.”
“A stoop-shouldered muscular man in bib overalls slid down the ditch on his rear end and approached us.”
“You may find that certain clothing — such as one-piece or "bib" - type outfits — help keep the tube from catching on something and pulling out.”
“Craig, he donned the heavy suit of rubberized reinforced canvas, had the leads placed on his feet and finally was fitted with the metal head and the "bib" -- the whole weighing hardly short of three hundred pounds.”
“There’s no doubt that if I were wearing a white shirt while eating this meal, no napkin bib would be a good enough defense.”
“Any unpleasant fluids collect in the bib, which is also biodegradable.”
Sorry Everyone On Earth, The Jonas Brothers Aren’t Splitting Up
“He looked at the size and colors of the feathers on the chest, called a bib, and at the feathers on the underside of the wing.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bib’.
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
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Palindromes
tenet, �?ΙΨΟ�? Α�?ΟΜΗΜΑΤ..., rotator, kayak, tattarrattat, detartrated, racecar, level, step on no pets, fall leaves after..., level, madam, level!, reviver and 108 more...
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It's a Fish
kelpfish, fatfin, dollarfish, barrelfish, palometa, poppy-fish, ballan-wrasse, sweetlips, bichir, finpike, bergall, cunner and 192 more...
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MANY A WORD!
This is just a list, right, that I'm gonna, like, fill with words, that, like, are every word that I can, like, think of with, ahhmm, my brain.
and, able, art, ass, algebra, amp, ankle, booze, bong, aura, bling, bright and 134 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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emordnilap
reviled, loot, no, ta, rat, part, pit, stop, spat, ten, mad, mart and 108 more...
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PECH - marine species
African cuttlefish, Alaska plaice, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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Words that can be spelled on an upsid...
Imagine my joy when I was wearing my calculator watch and was first introduced to someone named Leslie - there was exactly enough room on the display for 317537.14.
Edit: I've discove...hi, hello, leslie, sheesh, she, bells, hells, hog, boss, goggles, he, bob and 233 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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WF - palindromes
alula, anna, bib, bob, civic, dad, deed, dud, DVD, eve, ewe, eye and 91 more...
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TECH - furniture
The universe as IKEA sees it.
Furniture, haberdashery, household articles and a lot more. The bulk of the list (750 entries) are IKEA articles in the original English version IKEA use...active-response c..., add-on-unit for s..., adjustable slatte..., alarm clock, alkaline battery, anti-slip socks, anti-slip underlay, armchair, armrest, artificial flower, artificial garland, artificial plant ... and 830 more...
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-ib
zib, glib, fib, squib, lib, nib, bib, dib, mib, gib, jib, Carib and 27 more...
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Unbilby
billbergia, bibacious, bibliophile, bibble, bill, bibulous, bill medley and b..., babliaminy, bilbydactyl, bibliopole, billety, beilby's ball and 106 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
Tweets
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yarb After he had eaten a slice, he washed it down with a diluted beverage, two parts water to one of wine; but this temperate use of the good creature did not at all save him from the acrimony of my ridicule. So so, good master doctor, said I, you are fairly caught in the fact. You a wine-bibber! you, who have entered the lists like a knight-errant against that unauthenticated fermentation? you, who reached your grand climacteric on the strength of the pure element?
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 1 Oct 8, 2008