bib

(Anglais)

Noun

1. An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
2. Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.
3. A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by competitors.
4. A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
5. The upper part of an apron or overalls.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of bib short.
7. A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
8. A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod.
9. A bibb (bibcock).

Verb

1. (transitive) To dress (somebody) in a bib.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To drink heartily; to tipple.

Verb

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪb/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bibben

In summary

Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō (“I drink”) or of imitative origin. Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills.

Concepts

bavoir

bavette

douilette naissance

dossard

tacaud

tacaud commun

Synonymes

tipple

drink heavily

drink hard

pouting

apron

drink

🥤

faucet

feeder

fount

halibut

napkin

plastron

pout

😡

shirt front

smart

spit

tingle

valve

yoke

workman’s apron

infant’s apron

bib tap

pout whiting

nose cock

bibcock

booze

dickey

dicky

Traductions

Lätzchen

bavaglino

babero

Latz

slabbetje

babador

śliniaczek

pitet

śliniak

σιαλιαρίστρα

σαλιάρα

βρύση

bavetta

μπακαλιάρος

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