Bibbed vs Dibbed - What's the difference?
bibbed | dibbed |
(bib)
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.
(dib)
To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
A dibber (gardening tool)
One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
(scouting)
As verbs the difference between bibbed and dibbed
is that bibbed is (bib) while dibbed is (dib).bibbed
English
Verb
(head)bib
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.