bib
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō (“I drink”) or of imitative origin. Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills.[1]
Noun edit
bib (plural bibs)
- An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
- Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.
- (sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race.
- (sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
- Synonym: pinny
- The upper part of an apron or overalls.
- (cycling) Ellipsis of bib short.
- A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
- 1950, Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies:
- In summer the whole throat and breast are black, but in winter plumage the throat is white bounded by a horseshoe-shaped black bib.
- 2011, Arthur Peacock, Gettysburg the Cat, page 22:
- He don't look anything like the captain. This here cat has got a nice thick black coat of fur with a nice white bib and white feet.
- A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod.
- Synonym: pouting
- A bibb (bibcock).
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating
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sports: piece of material carrying the bib number
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sports: colourful vest
upper part of an apron or overalls
patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat
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Trisopterus luscus — see pouting
bibcock — see bibcock
Verb edit
bib (third-person singular simple present bibs, present participle bibbing, simple past and past participle bibbed)
- (transitive) To dress (somebody) in a bib.
- 1990, Don Aslett, Don Aslett's Stain-buster's Bible: The Complete Guide to Spot Removal:
- Wise women use them, but new fathers seldom seem to understand that one minute bibbing baby saves who knows how long swabbing, finding clean clothes, changing, and coddling later — not to mention laundry time.
- 2011, Dawn Atkins, The Baby Connection, page 101:
- Mel got Daniel into his chair and bibbed him up.
- (intransitive, archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.
- 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg: Eucharius Cervicornus and J. Soter?], →OCLC, Micheas [Micah] ij:[11], folio xcij, verso, column 2:
- Iff I were a fleſhly felowe, and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might ſyt bebbinge and bollynge, and be droncken: O that were a prophet for this people.
- 1693, [John Locke], “§18”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
- they gave him drink as often as he cry'd; so that he was constantly bibbing
Translations edit
to drink heavily — see tipple
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bib (third-person singular simple present bibs, present participle bibbing, simple past and past participle bibbed)
Further reading edit
- bib (garment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bib”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading edit
- “bib”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “bib”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “bib”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “bib”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of bibliotheek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bib f (uncountable)
- (informal, Belgium) library
- Synonyms: bibliotheek, (Netherlands) bieb
Nyunga edit
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Noun edit
bib
References edit
- 1992, Rose Whitehurst, Noongar Dictionary, Noongar Language and Culture Centre (Bunbury, Western Australia)
Seychellois Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Malagasy biby (“animal”).
Noun edit
bib
References edit
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Volapük edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
bib (nominative plural bibs)
Declension edit
declension of bib
Derived terms edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bib
- Soft mutation of pib (“pipe”).
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pib | bib | mhib | phib |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |