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a tiny napkin with commitment issues, strapped on so dinner doesn't win the fight
means A piece of cloth or plastic worn under the chin to protect clothes from spills, food, or drool — chiefly on babies, athletes, and the enthusiastically messy.
from Likely from the verb 'bib,' meaning to drink, from the Latin 'bibere' (to drink) — the same root that gives us 'imbibe' and 'beverage.' The cloth, in other words, may be named for the very act of tippling and dribbling it was meant to catch. The drinking sense appears in English by the late Middle Ages, with the garment sense following on.
- origin
- named from 'bibere,' Latin for 'to drink'
- racing glory
- marathon runners wear bibs to flaunt their numbers
- michelin honor
- the Bib Gourmand celebrates affordable, excellent restaurants
- lobster ally
- adults wear them shamelessly while demolishing crustaceans
- mascot lineage
- Michelin's tire man is literally named Bibendum
wimbledon player bib — worn by ball kids at wimbledon championships since 1877 to identify court assistants
danny biasone — syracuse nationals owner who invented the 24-second shot clock in basketball, 1954