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Gibe

name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Gibraltarian English. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of gybe. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”). alt-of, alternative

    "Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of gybe. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    laugh at with contempt and derision wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of jibe. alt-of, alternative

    "Why thats the way to choake a gibing ſpirrit, / Whoſe influence is begot of that looſe grace, / Which ſhallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […]"

  4. 4
    be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics wordnet

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