jibe
Plural: jibes
Noun
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
- Alternative spelling of gybe.
Verb
Verb Forms: jibed, jibing, jibes
- To be in agreement or accord; to taunt or scoff.
- be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- shift from one side of the ship to the other
- To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
- To accord or agree.
- Alternative spelling of gybe.
Examples
- He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer.
- His strategy didn’t JIBE with the tiles he was dealt, forcing a change of plans.
- That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts.
Origin / Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Synonyms
agree, barb, change course, check, correspond, dig, fit, gibe, gybe, jib, match, shaft, shot, slam, tally, flout, sideswipe
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
jibe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjibe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jibe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary