1A piece of cloth or plastic fastened around a person's neck to keep their clothes clean while eating.

1. 1.1The part above the waist of the front of an apron or pair of overalls.
   ‘But some of the silk eveningwear was fit for the most glamorous of parties, apron bibs floating across the chest then twisting into straps over the shoulders and asymmetrically across the back before dripping into a train.’
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   • ‘The company has continued to add full and bib apron styles and colors, and it has expanded its line, and introduced a new poplin smock.’
   • ‘Unique to the garden store is a rugged nylon bib with five mesh pockets suitable for holding and organizing hand tools and seed packets.’
   • ‘That would be a pair of pink hot-pants with bib and braces that I once made but thankfully never wore.’
   • ‘Lifting her dark eyebrows, she looked at him with surprise in her squinting eyes, as if asking, “What is this for?” took the photo silently and put it in the bib of her apron.’
   • ‘"Take it; oh, you must!" he stammered, and thrust the envelope into the bib of her apron and ran back to his room, groaning and frowning as if he had hurt himself.’
   • ‘On her shoulders she wore a small dark-colored fichu that crossed upon her breast, which was also covered by the large bib of her apron.’
   • ‘My mother walked over to me, wiping her hand on the bib of her apron, and placed her right palm over my forehead, checking for a fever.’
   • ‘Sue had made a special holder inside the bib of his dungarees.’
   • ‘Rose smoothed her hands down the bib of her dungarees.’
   • ‘Her apron bib had a strap that went around her neck and the waist strings were tied behind her back.’
   • ‘Her apron bib was high to the collar in front, and fastened with straps which crossed at the back.’
   • ‘Margarite’s heart was beating like a drum under her apron bib.’
   • ‘My face was scratched by the starch on her apron bib.’
   • ‘"You get on with it, Charley," said she, giving him the can and fishing a spoon from the interior of her apron bib.’
2. 1.2A loose-fitting, sleeveless garment worn for identification, especially by competitors and officials at sporting events.
   ‘The classes involve jogging, sprinting, star-jumps, stomach crunches and push-ups with participants wearing a numbered bib, allowing easy identification should you need to be shouted at.’
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   • ‘One night last December in Beaver Creek, he was hanging out in the village plaza awaiting the announcement of the starting draw and handing out of race bibs for the next day's downhill race.’
   • ‘The teams - in orange, blue or green bibs - are each a deliberate mixture of first-team regulars, substitutes and fringe players.’
   • ‘Even with the Ireland team, when bibs are handed out, you know what the starting line-up will be, by the bib colour.’
   • ‘Still, it might make them enough money to buy a new set of floodlights or training bibs.’
   • ‘Well, put on a bib and join the blue side, he was told.’
   • ‘It was a low-key event, but we did wear bibs and it was timed.’
   • ‘There they had to swap their individually coloured bibs with their team mates who then cycled as far as Sheffield Cross.’
   • ‘After crossing the checkpoint line, an official punched the appropriate spot on my bib, indicating the completion of the first section, and then pointed me towards the food.’
   • ‘The project has already been kitted out with 400 footballs, 14 goals, bibs, cones and ball sacks.’
   • ‘As well as the award, which is given for outstanding contribution to football, the school was given new training bibs and footballs, and will also be given support by the FA.’
   • ‘New winners slipped on yellow leader bibs as the first World Cup ended in Milan after a day of unexpected results.’
   • ‘They were not allowed through checkpoints without the bib and computerised chip given to every registered entrant.’
   • ‘Each bag contains everything the young players will need to hone their skills - two portable goals, four corner flags, 50 pitch markers, a speed agility ladder, footballs and training bibs.’
   • ‘As a Novice licence holder, you must race wearing an orange bib.’
   • ‘They will arrive at the third World Cup wearing the yellow leader bib and having the prestige of being Britain's most successful crew this season.’
   • ‘I spotted a cleaner sporting a plastic bib with the words Tourist Attractions emblazoned across it.’
   • ‘The first hour on Wednesday saw a procession of men dressing in bibs of a bilious yellow passing calmly and majestically behind the bowler's arm.’
   • ‘Hundreds of airport workers wearing fluorescent yellow bibs were looking out from every available window, or they were atop lorries and vans, or any object they could find, to give them a better view.’
   • ‘But her name was printed on the front of her numbered bib, and all along the course, people lining the streets called her name.’
3. 1.3A patch of color on the throat of a bird or other animal.
   ‘a black bird with a white bib’
   More example sentences

   • ‘The female is paler and lacks the grey crown, white cheeks, black bib and eye stripe and chestnut brown nape, but has a straw coloured stripe behind the eye.’
   • ‘The wattle (a flap of loose skin extending like a bib from the bird's neck) will turn blue at the base, graduating into a deep rose pink that hangs down like a pendant.’
   • ‘The black bib did extend outwards towards the throat and wasn't as neat as on a Marsh Tit.’
   • ‘Tibi is a long-haired tabby with a white bib and paws.’
   • ‘Runway is black with a white bib, whiskers and socks.’
   • ‘It has dark streaks on its back and flanks, and the male has a black bib and crown; the female is more drab, although still an attractive bird.’
   • ‘They have a black mask and bib, yellow and white wing bars and yellow tip to the tail.’
   • ‘The males' smart plumage boasts a grey crown, white cheeks and black bib.’
   • ‘Has anyone seen ‘Fluffy’, a large tiger cat with a white bib and bushy tail?’
   • ‘There should be no other colors on the bird except for a nice broad white bib under it's throat.’
   • ‘My first intimate contact with these dark - to smoky-gray birds with the white bibs was in 1951, when my family moved to Maine.’
   • ‘The white-breasted kingfisher is a noisy brown, bright blue and white bird, sporting a large white bib and a powerful red bill.’
   • ‘A wheatear with white eyebrow and orange bib perched nearby, robin shaped, hardly larger, soon to fly to Africa.’
   • ‘It was black with a white bib, a red tail and an orange and yellow beak.’
   • ‘Dippers are rounded, short-tailed, rather wren-like birds in form but almost thrush-sized; a striking feature is the large white bib against otherwise dark plumage.’
   • ‘In addition, males had significantly larger black bibs than did females, but there was no rank-based variation in the size of those bibs among males.’
   • ‘They have rufous breasts, or bibs, that contrast sharply with their white bellies.’
   • ‘It is a pale tan colour, though the cap and bib are darker brown.’
   • ‘The male, however, is readily recognized with his heavy black bib, which may be rather washed out in winter, white cheeks and chestnut on the back of his head.’
   • ‘The male is unmistakable; scaly, sooty-black plumage offset by a white crescentic bib.’

Drink (something alcoholic)