Jibe

Quick meaning: Jibe is a noun meaning A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.

Meaning

A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
2. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
3. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
4. (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
5. (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe.

Example Sentences

He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer.

[Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience.

She ran and ran / As if she feared some goblin man / Dogged her with gibe or curse / Or something worse: […]

He bent to all the gibes and prejudices, to all hatred and discrimination, with that rare courtesy which is the armor of pure souls.

Word Forms

• jibes
• jibing
• jibed

Synonyms for jibe

Depending on context, synonyms include sideswipe, flout, scoff, gird, jeer, scorn.

Antonyms for jibe

Common opposites include disaccord, disagree, discord.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slam, fit, agree, tally, correspond, shaft.

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