1. n.1 a piece of cloth or plastic fastened round a child's neck to keep the clothes clean while eating.
2 the top front part of an apron, dungarees, etc.
3 the edible marine fish Trisopterus luscus of the cod family. Also called POUT(2).
Phrases and idioms:
best bib and tucker best clothes. stick (or poke etc.) one's bib in Austral. sl. interfere.
Etymology: perh. f. BIB(2) 2. v.intr. (bibbed, bibbing) archaic drink much or often.
Derivatives:
bibber n.
Etymology: ME, perh. f. L bibere drink