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verb | noun jibejibe1 /dʒaɪb/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYjibe1Origin: 1500-1600 ➔ JIBE2(2) 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 |
1if two statements, reports, etc. jibe with each other, the information in them matches: jibe with something What you see in movies doesn’t always jibe with reality.2 (also gibe) to say something unkind that criticizes or makes fun of someone or something verb | noun jibejibe2, gibe noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYjibe2Origin: (1) 1800-1900 Origin unknown. (2) 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French giber to shake ► make jibes They used to make jibes about her clothes. a remark that is not nice and is intended to criticize someone or make him or her seem stupid: jibe at/about They used to make jibes about her clothes. |