- a piece of cloth or plastic that you fasten around a baby’s neck to protect its clothes while it is eatingTopics Clothes and Fashionc1
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- (especially British English) a piece of cloth or plastic with a number or special colours on it that people wear on their chests and backs when they are taking part in a sport, so that people know who they are
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from Latin bibere ‘to drink’.
Idioms
See bib in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryyour best bib and tucker
- (humorous) your best clothes that you only wear on special occasions
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