Gibing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A gibe.

    "The calls of office, the cavillings of angry rivals, and the gibings of newspaper critics, could not reach me on the banks of the Shannon, where all within doors was love and affection."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gibe form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"The calls of office, the cavillings of angry rivals, and the gibings of newspaper critics, could not reach me on the banks of the Shannon, where all within doors was love and affection."

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