Bib vs Tib - What's the difference?
bib | tib |
An item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race
The upper part of an apron or overalls.
A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
* 1950 , Arthur Cleveland Bent, Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and their Allies
* 2011 , Arthur Peacock, Gettysburg the Cat (page 22)
An arctic fish (Gadus luscus ), allied to the cod; the pout.
A bibcock.
(archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.
English palindromes
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(obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute
:* 1964': But this woman was, he thought, no '''tib , no purveyor of holy mutton. — Anthony Burgess, ''Nothing Like The Sun
(obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart
As a noun bib
is an item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.As a verb bib
is (archaic) to drink heartily; to tipple.As an abbreviation tib is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- In summer the whole throat and breast are black, but in winter plumage the throat is white bounded by a horseshoe-shaped black bib .
- He don't look anything like the captain. This here cat has got a nice thick black coat of fur with a nice white bib and white feet.
Derived terms
* best bib and tuckerVerb
(bibb)- He was constantly bibbing . — Locke.