jibed; jibing
Definition of jibe
(Entry 1 of 3)
: to be in accord : agree
—usually used with with a story that doesn't jibe with the facts
jibe
verb (2)variant spelling of gibe
: to utter taunting words
: to deride or tease with taunting words
boxers gibing each other before a fight
jibe
verb (3)
variants:
or less commonly gybe
jibed also gybed; jibing also gybing
Definition of jibe (Entry 3 of 3)
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 Defoethe 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
: 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
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The first known use of jibe was in 1693
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