bibbling, ppl. a.
(ˈbɪblɪŋ)
[f. bibble + -ing2.]
a. Drinking; tippling. b. Dabbling with the bill like a duck drinking.
| 1552 Huloet, Bybblyng with the byll, bibulus. 1565 Golding Ovid's Met. iii. (1593) 60 Little bibling Phyale, and Pseke that pretie mops. 1619 Gorges tr. Bacon's Wisd. 270 An age..that is dull, bibling and reeling. |