Definition/Meaning of bib

• English - Noun: bib ( plural bibs ) An item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating . A rectangular piece of material , carrying a bib number , worn as identification by entrants in a race The upper part of an apron or overalls . A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat . 1950 , Arthur Cleveland Bent , Life Histories of North…
• English - Verb: bib ( third-person singular simple present bibs , present participle bibbing , simple past and past participle bibbed ) ( archaic ) To drink heartily; to tipple . He was constantly bibbing . — Locke .
• English - Etymology: Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben , either from Latin bibō ( “ I drink ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- , or of imitative origin . Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking , or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills .
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /bɪb/ Rhymes: -ɪb
• English - Related terms: bibber bibble