bibber

English

Etymology

From bib (“drink heartily”) +‎ -er (agent noun suffix); see bib (“clothing to prevent spills from mouth”). Bib is from Middle English bibben. First attested in the 1530s.

Noun

bibber (plural bibbers)

1. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler.

Usage notes

Chiefly used in composition, as in winebibber.

Synonyms

• tippler; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Derived terms

• winebibber

 

Related terms

• bib
• bibble

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.bər/

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• Hyphenation: bib‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɪbər

Etymology 1

From bibberen.

Noun

bibber m (plural bibbers, diminutive bibbertje n)

1. shiver, tremble

   Synonym: bibbering

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bibber

1. inflection of bibberen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

German

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Verb

bibber

1. inflection of bibbern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Yola

Verb

bibber

1. Alternative form of bebber

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 25