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verb intransitive
To throw out or utter sneers or reproaches; to make use of sneering or taunting expressions; to rail, to flout, to fleer, to scoff.
verb transitive
To use sneering or taunting expression toward; to mock; to taunt; to sneer at; to address or treat sneeringly or sarcastically.
“Draw the beasts as I describe them,
From their features, while I gibe them.” - Swift
noun
A sneering or taunting expression; a sneer, a scoff, a taunt; an expression of sarcastic scorn or contempt.
[Of Scandinavian origin; compare Iceland geipa = to talk nonsense; geip = nonsense; Swedish dial gipa = to gape, to talk foolishly.]
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