different between bibble vs bibber

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English bibben (whence bib; see there for more) +? -le.

Verb

bibble (third-person singular simple present bibbles, present participle bibbling, simple past and past participle bibbled)

1. To eat and/or drink noisily.
2. (intransitive) To tipple.

Derived terms

• bibbler

Related terms

• bib
• bibber

Etymology 2

From Yiddish [Term?].

Verb

bibble (third-person singular simple present bibbles, present participle bibbling, simple past and past participle bibbled)

1. (colloquial) To worry.

Etymology 3

Corruption of the aboriginal name "Bimbil" for certain species of Eucalyptus

Noun

bibble (plural bibble)

1. A species of Australian tree, the forest red gum, glossy-leaved box, or shiny-leaved box, Eucalyptus tereticornis.

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