1 ~ (at sb/sth) an unkind or insulting remark about sb:
He made several cheap jibes at his opponent during the interview. * Jibes about mothers-in-law were kept out of the script.
2 (AmE) = GYBE
Part of speech: verb
1 to say sth that is intended to embarrass sb or make them look silly:
[V] He jibed repeatedly at the errors they had made. [also Vspeech, Vthat]
2 [V] ~ (with sth) (AmE, informal) to be the same as sth or to match it:
Your statement doesn't jibe with the facts.
3 (AmE) = GYBE
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is jibe a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, jibe is tagged as noun.
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