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jibe1 nounjibe2 verb jibejibe1, gibe /dʒaɪb/ noun [countable]  jibe1Origin: 1500-1600 ➔ JIBE2 (2) - For two hours, legislators traded jibes over the bill.
- George Will is a great recycler, despite his jibes at silly liberal environmentalism.
- Giving and taking jibes and insults is very much part of being a footie fan; usually it's fun.
- Greg's jibe about the dress being like a shroud rankled.
- His jibe was greeted with howls of laughter as Mr Smith savaged Mr Major during the emergency debate on the economy.
- Mostly he walked away from her jibes.
- She had done nothing to deserve Deana's petty jibes, and suddenly it was too much.
- So he didn't listen to odd jibe about our millionaire friend, and he didn't ask them to pay.
- To deal with the jibes of those who called her Big Ben.
an unkind remark intended to make someone seem silly: She was tired of his cheap jibes.jibe1 nounjibe2 verb jibejibe2 verb  jibe2Origin: 1 1800-1900 Origin unknown. 2 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French giber ‘to shake’ VERB TABLEjibe |
Present | I, you, we, they | jibe | | he, she, it | jibes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jibed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jibed | | he, she, it | has jibed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jibed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jibe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jibed |
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Present | I | am jibing | | he, she, it | is jibing | | you, we, they | are jibing | Past | I, he, she, it | was jibing | | you, we, they | were jibing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jibing | | he, she, it | has been jibing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jibing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jibing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jibing |
- His distrust of the power of critics made him ready to jibe at David Sylvester.
1[intransitive] American English informal if two statements, reports etc jibe with each other, the information in them matchesjibe with His report did not jibe with the facts.2[intransitive + at] to say something that is intended to make someone seem silly |