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The definition of jibe is slang for being in agreement.

(verb)

An example of jibe is when your opinion is in agreement with someone else's opinion.

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intransitive verb jibed, jibing

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
to change the course of a ship so that the sails shift thus
Informal to be in harmony, agreement, or accord: often with with: accounts that don't jibe

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

transitive verb

Naut. to cause to jibe

noun

an act of jibing

intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun jibed, jibing

gibe

Related Forms:

jiber noun

See jibe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also gybe

verb jibed jibed also gybed, jib·ing also gyb·ing, jibes also gybes

verb, intransitive

To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack.

verb, transitive

To cause (a sail) to jibe.

noun

The act of jibing.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (perhaps influenced by jib¹)

Origin: of gybe

Origin: , from obsolete Dutch gijben

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intransitive verb jibed jibed, jib·ing, jibes
Informal

To be in accord; agree: Your figures jibe with mine.

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

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verb & n.

Variant of gibe.

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