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). best bib and tucker best clothes. stick (or poke etc.) one's bib in Austral. sl. interfere.
[ perh. f. BIB(2) ]