Definitions for Gibe

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Gibe gibe

Spelling: [jahyb]

IPA: /dʒaɪb/

Gibe is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in Gibe (begi).

Definitions for Gibe

noun

1. a taunting or sarcastic remark.
2. the act of jibing.

verb (used with object)

1. to taunt; deride.
2. to cause to jibe.

verb (used without object)

1. to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
2. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
3. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.

verb (used with or without object)

1. jibe1 .

Origin of Gibe

1560-70; perhaps Middle French giber to handle roughly, shake, derivative of gibe staff, billhook

Examples for Gibe

Come, before he comes to gibe us for having heeded a moment.

There came a new note into the woman's voice as she answered the gibe.

But even that gibe hinted at a recklessness that matched her own and gave her comfort now.

But not even that gibe could stir M. Binet out of his lethargy of content.

I felt sure he was seeking for some gibe, could think of none, and so was forced to silence.

Those who do not know us gibe at us and throw our sins in our teeth.

How dare you gibe at Agamemnon because the Danaans have awarded him so many prizes?

He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer.

To the gibe about 'Muscular Christianity' Kingsley had his own answer.

To shock the one or gibe at the other were a blasphemy he simply couldn't contemplate.