- variants of gybe
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jibe2 /dʒaɪb/USA pronunciation
v., jibed, jib•ing, n.
jibe3 /dʒaɪb/USA pronunciation v., jibed, jib•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- gibe.
jibe3 /dʒaɪb/USA pronunciation v., jibed, jib•ing.
- to be in harmony or agreement with;
agree;
correspond: [no object]These measurements don't jibe; someone has made an error.[~ + with + object]Your observations don't jibe with the facts as we know them.
jibe1
( jīb),USA pronunciation v., jibed, jib•ing, n. [Naut.]
v.i.
v.t.
n.
jibe2 ( jīb),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t., jibed, jib•ing, n.
jibe3 ( jīb),USA pronunciation v.i., jibed, jib•ing.
v.i.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
v.t.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto cause to jibe.
n.
- Nautical, Naval Termsthe act of jibing.
- Dutch gijben, more commonly gijpen
- variant of gybe 1685–95
jibe2 ( jīb),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t., jibed, jib•ing, n.
- gibe1.
jibe3 ( jīb),USA pronunciation v.i., jibed, jib•ing.
- to be in harmony or accord;
agree:The report does not quite jibe with the commissioner's observations.
- origin, originally uncertain 1805–15, American.
- conform, accord, fit.
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- a variant spelling of
gibe 1
- (intransitive)
to agree; accord; harmonize
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gibe1
(jīb),USA pronunciation v., gibed, gib•ing, n.
v.i.
v.t.,
n.
gib′er, n.
gib′ing•ly, adv.
gibe2 (jīb),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t., gibed, gib•ing, n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025v.i.
- to utter mocking or scoffing words;
jeer.
v.t.,
- to taunt;
deride.
n.
- a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- Middle French giber to handle roughly, shake, derivative of gibe staff, billhook
- perh. 1560–70
gib′ing•ly, adv.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mock, sneer, gird.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ridicule, twit, fleer.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sneer, scoff, jeer.
gibe2 (jīb),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t., gibed, gib•ing, n.
- Naval Termsjibe1.
gybe
( jīb),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t., gybed, gyb•ing, n. [Naut.]
- Naval Termsjibe1.
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to make jeering or scoffing remarks (at); taunt
a derisive or provoking remark
- a variant spelling of gybe
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- (intransitive)
(of a fore-and-aft sail) to shift suddenly from one side of the vessel to the other when running before the wind, as the result of allowing the wind to catch the leech to cause (a sailing vessel) to gybe or (of a sailing vessel) to undergo gybing
an instance of gybing
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