Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having or wearing a bib: Describes an item of clothing, typically an apron or a garment, that incorporates a bib as a distinct part. A bib is a protective piece of cloth covering the chest and sometimes the upper abdomen.
   • Resembling or featuring a bib-like part: Can describe something that has a part shaped like or functioning similarly to a bib.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The carpenter wore a sturdy, bibbed apron to protect his clothes from sawdust.
  • For the messy art project, the children all put on bibbed overalls.
  • The restaurant's uniform included a classic bibbed waiter's jacket.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: The term is primarily used attributively (before a noun) to specify the type of garment.
  • He preferred the bibbed style of overalls for gardening because they offered more coverage.
• Figurative/Descriptive: Rarely, it can be used to describe non-clothing items that have a protruding or protective part reminiscent of a bib.
  • The bird's bibbed plumage was a striking feature, with a patch of contrasting color on its chest.

Variants and Related Words

• Bib (noun): The protective cloth itself.
  • The baby's bib was covered in food.
• Bib (verb): To drink, especially alcohol, heartily (archaic or informal).
  • They would bib ale at the old tavern.
• Bibless (adjective): Lacking a bib.
  • A bibless apron is less common in certain trades.

Synonyms

• Aproned (when specifically referring to an apron with a bib).
• Coveralled (when referring to bibbed overalls specifically).

Related Phrases

(Note: "Bibbed" itself is not typically used in phrasal verbs or idioms. The related noun "bib" is used in some expressions.) - To tie one's bib: To prepare for eating (often used humorously). - Best bib and tucker: One's finest clothes (an idiom using "bib" in an archaic sense for a piece of clothing). - He wore his best bib and tucker to the wedding.

Adjective

1. having a bib
   • a bibbed apron