BIBBED

bibbed

(adjective) having a bib; “a bibbed apron”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

bibbed

simple past tense and past participle of bib

Source: Wiktionary


BIB

Bib, n. Etym: [From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]

1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.

3. A bibcock.

Bib, Bibbe, v. t. Etym: [L. bibere. See Beverage, and cf. Imbibe.]

Definition: To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer.

Bib, v. i.

Definition: To drink; to sip; to tipple. He was constantly bibbing. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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