gibe

English

Alternative forms

• gybe
• jibe

Etymology

Compare Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”).

Noun

gibe (plural gibes)

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

Verb

gibe (third-person singular simple present gibes, present participle gibing, simple past and past participle gibed)

1. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
2. (intransitive) To agree.

   That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.

3. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
4. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
   • Jonathan Swift

     Draw the beasts as I describe them, / From their features, while I gibe them.

Anagrams

• IBGE