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bib1

Pronunciation: /bɪb/
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Definition of bib

noun

  • 1a piece of cloth or plastic fastened round a child’s neck to keep its clothes clean while eating.
  • a loose-fitting sleeveless garment worn on the upper body for identification, especially by competitors and officials at sporting events: the sponsor’s name printed on our bibs
  • the part above the waist of the front of an apron or pair of dungarees.
  • a patch of colour on the throat of a bird or other animal: a black bird with a white bib
  • 2a common European inshore fish of the cod family. Also called pout2 or pouting.
    • Trisopterus luscus, family Gadidae

Phrases

one's best bib and tucker

informal one’s smartest clothes.

stick (or poke) one's bib in

Australian informal interfere.

Origin:

late 16th century: probably from bib2

bib in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of bib in the US English dictionary