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bib
(bɪb)
Word forms: plural bibs
countable noun
A bib is a piece of cloth or plastic which is worn by very young children to protect theirclothes while they are eating.
bib in British English
(bɪb)
noun
1.
a piece of cloth or plastic worn, esp by babies, to protect their clothes while eating
2.
the upper part of some aprons, dungarees, etc, that covers the upper front part of the body
3. Also called: pout, whiting pout
a light-brown European marine gadoid food fish, Gadus (or Trisopterus) luscus, with a barbel on its lower jaw
4. short for bibcock
5. stick one's bib in
verbWord forms: bibs, bibbing or bibbed
6. archaic
to drink (something); tipple
Word origin
C14 bibben to drink, probably from Latin bibereBib in American English
1.
Bible
2.
Biblical
bib in American English
(bɪb)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: bibbed or ˈbibbing
1. Archaic
to drink; imbibe; tipple
noun
2.
an apron-like cloth or plastic napkin tied under a child's chin at meals
3.
the front upper part of an apron or overalls
Word origin
ME bibben < L bibere, imbibeImage ofbib
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British English: bib /bɪb/ NOUN
A bib is a piece of cloth or plastic which is worn by very young children to protect their clothes while they are eating.
- American English: bib
- Arabic: صُدْرِيَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: babador
- Chinese: 围兜
- Croatian: dječji podbradnik
- Czech: bryndáček
- Danish: hagesmæk
- Dutch: slabbetje
- European Spanish: babero
- Finnish: ruokalappu
- French: bavoir
- German: Lätzchen
- Greek: σαλιάρα
- Italian: bavaglino
- Japanese: よだれ掛け
- Korean: 턱받이
- Norwegian: smekke
- Polish: śliniak
- European Portuguese: babete
- Romanian: bărbiță
- Russian: детский нагрудник
- Latin American Spanish: babero
- Swedish: haklapp
- Thai: ผ้ากันเปื้อนเด็ก
- Turkish: mama önlüğü
- Ukrainian: нагрудник
- Vietnamese: yếm
Chinese translation of 'bib'
bib
(bɪb)
n
- (for baby)
围(圍)嘴
(wéizuǐ) (个(個), gè)