different between babber vs bibber

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæb?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æb?(?)

Etymology 1

Noun

babber (plural babbers)

1. (Britain, West Country, chiefly Bristol, informal) A baby.

   • That babber of mine has been starting to talk lately and this morning when he saw me he said "da da da" very clearly! Proud moment.

2. (Britain, West Country, chiefly Bristol, informal) A friend.

Synonyms

• (baby): See Thesaurus:baby
• (friend): See Thesaurus:friend

Derived terms

• (baby): bab
• (friend): alright me babber, alright my babber

Etymology 2

bab +? -er

Noun

babber (plural babbers)

1. (Angling, East Anglia) A fisherman of eels, using a bab.

English

Etymology

1530s, bib (“drink heartily”) +? -er (“(agent)”) (see bib (“clothing to prevent spills from mouth”)) or from bibben.

Noun

bibber (plural bibbers)

1. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler.

Usage notes

Chiefly used in composition, as in winebibber.

Synonyms

• tippler; See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Related terms

• bib
• bibble

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.b?r/
• Hyphenation: bib?ber
• Rhymes: -?b?r

Etymology 1

From bibberen.

Noun

bibber m (plural bibbers, diminutive bibbertje n)

1. shiver, tremble

   Synonym: bibbering

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bibber

1. first-person singular present indicative of bibberen
2. imperative of bibberen

German

Verb

bibber

1. inflection of bibbern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Yola

Verb

bibber

1. Alternative form of bebber

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN