Definitions for jibes

jibes jibe

Spelling: [jahyb]
IPA: /dʒaɪb/

Jibes is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in jibes (beijs).

Definitions for jibes

noun

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

verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

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

verb (used with or without object)

  1. gibe1 .

Origin of jibes

1685-95; variant of gybe Dutch gijben, more commonly gijpen

Examples for jibes

For once in his life Red had nothing to say in answer to the jibes and jeers of his mates.

She is the victim of jest and suspicion, and later of jibes and insults.

He kept us awake until far into the night with his jibes and his laughter.

Therefore, he studied for days that he might in a humorous way parry the jibes.

Cornish parishes are fond of these jibes against each other.

Which jibes with my memory of renting it; it being a movie we had been wanting to see.

Now the government has released a new version, hoping that jibes better with the modern era.

It also jibes with new thinking about the nature of autism called the “intense world” theory.

To this she held true, despite the laughter and jibes of her friends.

I sat looking into the dying flames, dwelling upon all his jibes.

Word Value for jibes
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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