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▪ I. gibing, jibing, vbl. n.|ˈdʒaɪbɪŋ| [f. gibe v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb gibe.
1579G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 61 What but..notorious or auricular iybinge on every hande? 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 196 Mr. Bayes..might..have spared his jibing at that day. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xi. iii. IV. 54 There was no end to his jibings and bitter pleasantries. ▪ II. gibing, jibing, ppl. a.|ˈdʒaɪbɪŋ| [f. gibe v. + -ing2.] That gibes; mocking, taunting, sarcastic.
1574Whitgift Def. Answ. ii. 96 Yet is it also your pleasure to spende your gibing and iesting eloquence vpon me. 1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 92 Euphues..answering his taunts in these gibing termes. a1680Rochester Sat. agst. Man. 49 This gibing, gingling Knack, call'd Wit. a1687Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 12 With a gibing kind of Nay-word. 1704Swift T. Tub xi. (1709) 128 He would tell the gibing prentices. 1792R. Cumberland Calvary (1803) II. 7 Never yet Lur'd I the popular ear with gibing tales. 1887Spectator 3 Sept. 1175 The gibing tone of the German Press. Hence ˈgibingly adv., in a gibing manner.
1602W. Fulbecke Pandectes 66 Whose childish humour Iuuenall gibingly toucheth. 1787Minor 229 The curate grin'd, and gibingly asked whether [etc.]. 1855Chamb. Jrnl. III. 96 He once gibingly asked what was the difference. |