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bib
1[ bib ]
noun
- a piece of cloth, plastic, or paper that covers the chest and is often tied under the chin of a child to protect the clothing while the child is eating.
- any similar cloth or part of a garment.
- the front part of an apron, overalls, or similar protective garment above the waist.
- Fencing. a piece of canvas attached to the base of the mask, for protecting the throat.
verb (used with or without object)
bibbed, bibbing.
- Archaic. to tipple; drink.
bib.
2abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) drink.
Bib.
3abbreviation for
- Bible.
- Biblical.
bib
/ ²úɪ²ú /
noun
- a piece of cloth or plastic worn, esp by babies, to protect their clothes while eating
- the upper part of some aprons, dungarees, etc, that covers the upper front part of the body
- Also calledpoutwhiting pout a light-brown European marine gadoid food fish, Gadus (or Trisopterus ) luscus , with a barbel on its lower jaw
- short for bibcock
- stick one's bib in informal.to interfere
verb
- archaic.to drink (something); tipple
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú¾±²úl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ²ú¾±²úl¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bib1
1275–1325; Middle English bibben to drink < Latin bibere
Origin of bib2
From the Latin word bibe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bib1
C14 bibben to drink, probably from Latin bibere
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Idioms and Phrases
- put / stick one's bib in, Australian Informal. to interfere.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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