Meaning

3 senses

  1. To eat and/or drink noisily.

  2. (intransitive)To tipple.

  3. (colloquial)To worry.

Origin

From Middle English bibben (whence bib; see there for more) + -le. A false Yiddishism, ba

From Middle English bibben (whence bib; see there for more) + -le.

A false Yiddishism, based on no actual attested Yiddish.

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Forms

bibbles, bibbling, bibbled, bibbled
Base formbibble · to bibble
3rd person singularbibbles
Present participlebibbling
Past simplebibbled
Past participlebibbled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybibble
he, she, itbibbles

Past simpleLesson

all personsbibbled

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bibble

Word family

3 related words
Relatedbibbibber
Derivedbibble-babble

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
biasbibbibibiblebiblicalbibliography
bibble — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto