different between jibber vs bibber

English

Etymology

jib +? -er

Noun

jibber (plural jibbers)

1. A horse that jibs, i.e. refuses, stops short.

Translations

Verb

jibber (third-person singular simple present jibbers, present participle jibbering, simple past and past participle jibbered)

1. Alternative form of gibber

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