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Jibe
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- 1 A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
"He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer."
- 2 Alternative spelling of gybe. US, alt-of, alternative
- 3 an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect wordnet
- 1 To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. transitive
"[Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience."
- 2 To accord or agree. Canada, US, informal, intransitive
"That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts."
- 3 Alternative spelling of gybe. US, alt-of, alternative
- 4 shift from one side of the ship to the other wordnet
- 5 To say in a mocking or taunting manner. transitive
"Scarlett felt her heart begin its mad racing again and she clutched her hand against it unconsciously, as if she would squeeze it into submission. "Eavesdroppers often hear highly instructive things," jibed a memory."
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- 6 be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics wordnet
- 7 To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. intransitive
"Why thats the way to choake a gibing ſpirrit, / Whoſe influence is begot of that looſe grace, / Which ſhallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […]"
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Origin unknown; perhaps related to chime (“to cause to sound in harmony”).
See gybe.
See gybe.
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