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sillcock
English
Noun
sillcock (plural sillcocks)
- (US) A faucet designed to be installed horizontally on the outside wall of a building, typically to attach a hose.
Synonyms
- bibcock
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bib
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bib? (“I drink”) or of imitative origin. Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills.
Noun
bib (plural bibs)
- An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
- Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.
- (sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race.
- (sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
- Synonym: pinny
- The upper part of an apron or overalls.
- A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
- A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod.
- Synonym: pouting
- A bibcock.
Derived terms
- best bib and tucker
Translations
Verb
bib (third-person singular simple present bibs, present participle bibbing, simple past and past participle bibbed)
- (transitive) To dress (somebody) in a bib.
- (intransitive, archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.
- they gave him drink as often as he cry'd; so that he was constantly bibbing
Translations
Related terms
- bibber
- bibble
Etymology 2
Verb
bib (third-person singular simple present bibs, present participle bibbing, simple past and past participle bibbed)
- (informal) To beep (e.g. a car horn).
Further reading
- bib (garment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- IBB
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of bibliotheek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bip/, /b?p/
- Hyphenation: bib
- Rhymes: -ip, -?p
Noun
bib f (uncountable)
- (informal, Belgium) library
- Synonyms: bibliotheek, bieb
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From Malagasy biby (“animal”).
Noun
bib
- spider
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Volapük
Alternative forms
- Bib
Noun
bib (nominative plural bibs)
- bible, Bible
Declension
Derived terms
- bibik
- bibiko
- cilabib
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi?b/
Noun
bib
- Soft mutation of pib (“pipe”).
Mutation
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