Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To dress (somebody) in a bib.

  2. (informal)To beep (e.g. a car horn).

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To drink heartily; to tipple.

    drink moderately but regularly

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I need a bib.

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  2. The baby has soiled its bib.

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  3. The baby wiped his hands covered in chocolate on his bib.

    ruМалыш вытер руки, запачканные шоколадом, о слюнявчик. — shanghainese

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  4. Would you like a bib?

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Origin

Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō

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.

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Forms

bibs, bibbing, bibbed, bibbed
Base formbib · to bib
3rd person singularbibs
Present participlebibbing
Past simplebibbed
Past participlebibbed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybib
he, she, itbibs

Past simpleLesson

all personsbibbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bibbed
he, she, ithas bibbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bib

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • drink moderately but regularly:tipple

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbibberbibble

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
biasbibibiblebiblicalbibliography
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