jibe
IPA: dʒˈaɪb
noun
- A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
- (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe [(nautical) The act of gybing.]
verb
- (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
- (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
- (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe [(transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.]
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