jibe

or gibe, gybe, jib, jibb

[jahyb]Nautical

verb (used without object), jibed, jib·ing.

to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.

to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.

verb (used with object), jibed, jib·ing.

to cause to jibe.

noun

the act of jibing.

Origin of jibe

1685–95; variant of gybe < Dutch gijben, more commonly gijpen

jibe

[jahyb]

verb (used with or without object), jibed, jib·ing, noun

gibe¹.

jibe

[jahyb]

verb (used without object), jibed, jib·ing.

to be in harmony or accord; agree: The report does not quite jibe with the commissioner's observations.

Origin of jibe

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; origin uncertain

Synonyms for jibe

conform, accord, fit.

gibe

or jibe

[jahyb]

verb (used without object), gibed, gib·ing.

to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.

verb (used with object), gibed, gib·ing.

to taunt; deride.

noun

a taunting or sarcastic remark.

Origin of gibe

1560–70; perhaps < Middle French giber to handle roughly, shake, derivative of gibe staff, billhook

Related formsgib·er, noungib·ing·ly, adverb

Can be confusedgibe gybe jib jibe jive

Synonyms for gibe

1. mock, sneer, gird. 2. ridicule, twit, fleer. 3. sneer, scoff, jeer.

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Related Words for jibed

harmonize, conform, correspond, dovetail, accord, square, fit, resemble, tally, go, match

Examples from the Web for jibed

Contemporary Examples of jibed

“No pressure then,” Sun editor Dominic Mohan jibed in a Sunday Times column today recounting his hectic week preparing the launch.
Rupert Murdoch Launches Sun on Sunday
Mike Giglio
February 26, 2012

Historical Examples of jibed

"No need to remind you I'm a tenderfoot," he jibed at himself.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
Item by item he went over the evidence, and it fitted and jibed in every detail.
The Tyranny of Weakness
Charles Neville Buck
Noah sprang that on Mrs. Noah when they were in the Ark, jibed Mouser.
Bobby Blake on a Plantation
Frank A. Warner
How they jeered and jibed, and took fifty years to understand him!
The Journal of Arthur Stirling
Upton Sinclair
Now he gave jeer for jeer, and taunted the apes that jibed him.
Pierre; or The Ambiguities
Herman Melville

British Dictionary definitions for jibed

jibe

jib or jibb (dʒɪb)

verb, noun

nautical variants of gybe

jibe

verb

a variant spelling of gibe 1

Derived Formsjiber, nounjibingly, adverb

jibe

verb

(intr) informal to agree; accord; harmonize

Word Origin for jibe

C19: of unknown origin

gibe

jibe

verb

to make jeering or scoffing remarks (at); taunt

noun

a derisive or provoking remark

Derived Formsgiber or jiber, noungibingly or jibingly, adverb

Word Origin for gibe

C16: perhaps from Old French giber to treat roughly, of uncertain origin

gibe

verb, noun nautical

a variant spelling of gybe

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Word Origin and History for jibed

jibe

"agree, fit," 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib, gybe (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (see jib). OED, however, suggests a phonetic variant of chime, as if meaning "to chime in with, to be in harmony." Related: Jibed; jibes; jibing.

gibe

alternative spelling of jibe.

jibe

1560s, perhaps from Middle French giber "to handle roughly," or an alteration of gaber "to mock."