Gibe Definition

jīb
gibed, gibes, gibing, jibes
verb
gibed, gibes, gibing
To jeer or taunt; scoff (at)
Webster's New World
To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks.
American Heritage
To deride with taunting remarks.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
Wiktionary
(intransitive) To agree.
That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.
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noun
gibes
A derisive remark.
American Heritage
A jeer; taunt; scoff.
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pronoun

Abbreviation of Gibraltarian English.

Wiktionary

Origin of Gibe

  • Possibly from obsolete French giber to handle roughly, play from Old French

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”).

    From Wiktionary

Gibe Sentence Examples

  • The Thracian spearmen, who were watching him from the door, began to gibe at his cowardice.

  • He always adds the little gibe about the fact that I own a tobacconist's in Swansea.

  • He always adds the little gibe about the fact that I own a tobacconist 's in Swansea.

  • Whom have you got there dressed up as a Hungarian? said the commander with an austere gibe.

  • His well-known gibe, " Here's to the noble Critias," attests his strength of mind at the hour of death.'

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Words Starting With

GGIGIB

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EBEIBE

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