BIB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bib mean? 

• BIB (noun)
  The noun BIB has 2 senses:

1. top part of an apron; covering the chest

2. a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating

  Familiarity information: BIB used as a noun is rare.

• BIB (verb)
  The verb BIB has 1 sense:

1. drink moderately but regularly

  Familiarity information: BIB used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Top part of an apron; covering the chest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bib" is a kind of...):

piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)

Holonyms ("bib" is a part of...):

apron (a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bib" is a kind of...):

napkin; serviette; table napkin (a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing)

• BIB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bib    ... he / she / it bibs   
Past simple: bibbed   
Past participle: bibbed   
-ing form: bibbing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drink moderately but regularly

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

bib; tipple

Context example:

We tippled the cognac

Hypernyms (to "bib" is one way to...):

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

We can run down there any time, and it's really a pity to trail through the dust in our best bibs and tuckers, when we are tired and cross.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The preparations she made for this great work, the aprons she put on, the bibs she borrowed from the kitchen to keep off the ink, the time she took, the innumerable stoppages she made to have a laugh with Jip as if he understood it all, her conviction that her work was incomplete unless she signed her name at the end, and the way in which she would bring it to me, like a school-copy, and then, when I praised it, clasp me round the neck, are touching recollections to me, simple as they might appear to other men.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Beth's new 'ink bib' was capital, and Hannah's box of hard gingerbread will be a treasure.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My aunt, without appearing to take much heed of me, put on a coarse apron with a bib, which she took out of the press; washed up the teacups with her own hands; and, when everything was washed and set in the tray again, and the cloth folded and put on the top of the whole, rang for Janet to remove it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I wouldn't tell anyone except you, Mother, but I really do need advice, for if John goes on much longer I might as well be widowed, replied Mrs. Brooke, drying her tears on Daisy's bib with an injured air.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She longed to run home, bib and all, and ask Mother to lend her a hand, but John and she had agreed that they would never annoy anyone with their private worries, experiments, or quarrels.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With her pretty hair tucked into a little cap, arms bared to the elbow, and a checked apron which had a coquettish look in spite of the bib, the young housewife fell to work, feeling no doubts about her success, for hadn't she seen Hannah do it hundreds of times?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)