Definition of jibe
jibed
;jibing
intransitive verb
: to be in accord : agree —usually used with with a story that doesn't jibe with the facts
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Origin and Etymology of jibe
origin unknown
First Known Use: 1813
jibe
variant spelling of gibe
intransitive verb
: to utter taunting words
transitive verb
: to deride or tease with taunting words gibed her about her weight
jibe
gybe
Definition of jibe
jibed
alsogybed
;jibing
alsogybing
intransitive verb
1 : to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to the other —used of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom was the most amazed when he saw me work the boat to and again in the sea by the rudder, and how the sail jibed, and filled this way or that way as the course we sailed changed — Daniel Defoe the cutter had lost all four foremost men by the violent jibing of a boom — Herman Melville
2 : to change a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side
transitive verb
: to cause (a sail or vessel) to jibe this maneuver was bound to force her to jibe her mainsail from one side to the other — Jack London
jibe
or less commonlygybe
nounOrigin and Etymology of jibe
perhaps modification of Dutch gijben
First Known Use: 1693
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Definition of jibe for Students
jibed
;jibing
: to be in agreement Their explanations don't jibe.
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