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jibe Definition


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jibe
verb
    intr
    gibed, gibing
    1. To mock, scoff or jeer.
      Thesaurus: ridicule, scoff, sneer, flout, deride, tease.
noun
    1. A jeer.
Derivative: giber
noun
    Derivative: gibing
    adj, noun
      Derivative: gibingly
      adverb
        Etymology: 16c: from French giber to treat roughly.




        gybe
        gibe
        jibe
        verb, tr & intr gybed, gybing
          1. Said of a sail: to swing, or make it swing, over from one side of a boat to the other.
          2. Said of a boat: to change or make it change course in this way.
        noun
          1. An act of gybing.
        Etymology: 17c.




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