gibe

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  gibe    jibe  

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gibe /dʒʌɪb/

▶noun & verb variant spelling of jibe1.

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jibe1 (also gibe)

▶noun an insulting or mocking remark. ▶verb make jibes.

– origin C16: perh. from OFr. giber ‘handle roughly’ (in mod. dial. ‘kick’); cf. jib2.

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jibe2

▶verb & noun US variant of gybe.

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jibe3

▶verb N. Amer. informal be in accordance; agree.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.