bibble

Meanings

Verb

• To eat and/or drink noisily.
• To tipple.
• To worry.

Noun

• A species of Australian tree, the forest red gum, glossy-leaved box, or shiny-leaved box, Eucalyptus tereticornis (species).

Origin

• From Middle English bibben (whence bib; see there for more) -le.
• From Yiddish.
• Corruption of the aboriginal name "Bimbil" for certain species of Eucalyptus