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bib¹
- /bɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
Where it comes from
Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō (“to drink”) or of imitative origin. Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills.
noun 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.
- A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by competitors.
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A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
Similar: pinny
- The upper part of an apron or overalls.
- Ellipsis of bib short
- A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat. In summer the whole throat and breast are black, but in winter plumage the throat is white bounded by a horseshoe-shaped black bib.
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A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod.
Similar: pouting
- A bibb (bibcock).
verb bibs · bibbing · bibbed
- To dress (somebody) in a bib. 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.
- To drink heartily; to tipple. 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.
bib²
- /bɪb/
Rhymes with -ɪb
verb bibs · bibbing · bibbed
- To beep (e.g. a car horn).
BIB³
phrase
- Initialism of brought in by BIB mum
- Abbreviation of business is business
- Initialism of bottled in bond
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tipple, sackcloth, overalls, skirt, cover, bezel, covered, deck, dickey, mir, peto, nuby, brat, training bib, bunting, babywear
Translations
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noun item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating
| Español | babero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 턱받이 teokbaji |
| 日本語 | 涎掛け yodare-kake, ビブ bibu, スタイ sutai, 当て子 ateko |
| 中文 | 圍兜 /围兜 wéidōu, 圍嘴兒 /围嘴儿 wéizuǐr |
| Português | babador, bibe |
| Français | bavoir, bavette |
| Deutsch | Lätzchen, Latz |
| Italiano | bavaglino, bavaglio |
| Ελληνικά | σαλιάρα saliára |
| Română | bărbiță, bavetă |
| Русский | нагру́дник nagrúdnik, слюня́вчик sljunjávčik |
| Tiếng Việt | yếm dãi |
| العربية | مِرْيَلَة miryala |
noun sports: piece of material carrying the bib number
| Français | dossard |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Startnummer |
| Italiano | pettorale |
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title = {bib},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bib},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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