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Definition jibe

Etymology 1

Origin 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.

Noun

jibe (plural jibes)

  1. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
Verb

jibe (third-person singular simple present jibes, present participle jibing, simple past and past participle jibed)

  1. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
  2. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
  3. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps related to chime (“to cause to sound in harmony”).

Verb

jibe (third-person singular simple present jibes, present participle jibing, simple past and past participle jibed)

  1. (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.

Etymology 3

See gybe.

Noun

jibe (plural jibes)

  1. (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe
Verb

jibe (third-person singular simple present jibes, present participle jibing, simple past and past participle jibed)

  1. (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe

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