as in to drink
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
the old professor has been known to bib on occasion
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Recent Examples of bib
These bibs retain many of the features of the pricier bibs above.
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Nathan Allen, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
The players usually know the line-up at least 24 hours in advance because of who is handed first-team bibs in training.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
So bib up, chow down, and let your inner glutton romp.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2023
Implementing issue 24, which voters approved resoundingly in November, that adds another layer of oversight to police and bib obviously grasps the gravity of the moment for Cleveland police.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
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Nathan Allen, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
The players usually know the line-up at least 24 hours in advance because of who is handed first-team bibs in training.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
So bib up, chow down, and let your inner glutton romp.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2023
Implementing issue 24, which voters approved resoundingly in November, that adds another layer of oversight to police and bib obviously grasps the gravity of the moment for Cleveland police.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bib
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Food and drink Amada was a standout.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The new ranch comes with a coffee-drinking porch (mandatory), but it is weathered, rustic and needs work.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Still, Garance’s death stare into the void, where this woman is still hard-boozing 90 minutes into the movie, starts to run its premise thin despite Exarchopoulos’ terrific and totally internalized turn.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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When a screaming match nearly ended in a fistfight—the director was famously into drugs, booze, and gambling at the time—Toberoff quit.—
Tom Dotan,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Bib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bib. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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