English Explanatory Dictionary

bibber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler.

Word forms

bibber bibbers

Etymology

From bib (“drink heartily”) + -er (agent noun suffix); see bib (“clothing to prevent spills from mouth”). Bib is from Middle English bibben. First attested in the 1530s.

Synonyms

tippler

Related words

bib bibble

Derived words

winebibber
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