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Added 29 September 2026

jibe

/d͡ʒaɪb/ noun

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A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer.

verb

To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.

verb

To accord or agree.
That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts.

noun

Alternative spelling of gybe.

Origin

Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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