What does "bib" mean?
Bib: (Zoöl.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.
Additional senses
- 2.A bibcock.
- 3.To drink; to tipple. [Obs.] This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer.
- 4.To drink; to sip; to tipple. He was constantly bibbing. Locke.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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