different between bibber vs bibbler

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

English

Noun

bibbler (plural bibblers)

1. Alternative form of bibler