intransitive verb jibed, jibing jib′·ing

1. to shift from one side of a ship to the other when the stern passes across a following or quartering wind: said of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom
2. to change the course of a ship so that the sails shift thus
3. Informal to be in harmony, agreement, or accord: often with with accounts that don't jibe

Etymology: < Du gijpen, to shift over (of sails), orig., to gasp for air: see jib

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intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun jibed, jibing jib′·ing