gibes 1 of 2

verb

variants or jibes
present tense third-person singular of gibe
as in ridicules
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play

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gibes

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noun

variants or jibes
plural of gibe
as in taunts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibes
  1. ridicules
  2. jeers
  3. mocks
  4. insults
  5. taunts
  6. catcalls
  7. quips
  8. barbs
Verb
  • Though Claudius ridicules Hamlet for his emotional vulnerability, his grief drives him to avenge his father and emerge as a hero.
    — Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Back in their teenage years, Lexi’s older sister Andrea is depicted as a mean girl who ridicules Catherine mercilessly.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of ridicules
Noun
  • The jeers grew louder Friday and Saturday as Machado piled up four strikeouts amid two hitless nights.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
  • Clark's jeers came at Shinnecock Hills in the Hamptons, roughly 60 miles away from Bethpage Black, where fans became the subject of controversy during the Ryder Cup.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of jeers
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026
Definition of mocks
Noun
  • Musk and Altman have repeatedly traded blows in recent years, mocking each other’s businesses and lobbing personal insults.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The insults often accompany reports and even videos of kids and teens engaging in reckless riding — weaving through traffic, running stop signs, ignoring pedestrians, and performing stunts like wheelies in opposing lanes, sometimes without helmets.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Definition of insults
Verb
  • In the final episode of the season, Max taunts Pip on her way to Stanley’s funeral as his companion, a young blonde, laughs and drinks wine.
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • Newsom taunts Trump with multiple jabs as Florida redistricting fight ramps up.
    — , FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of taunts
Noun
  • Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • For Dua, puberty and social maturity become knotted up in unpredictable notions of bodily harm (whether acted upon, or merely threatened), as Serbian boys and men harass her on the way home from school, lacing their catcalls with ethnic slurs.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
Definition of catcalls
Noun
  • But the fan favorite still managed to provide one of the week's more memorable quips.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • These mostly harmless quips resemble the type of pettiness that once ran roughshod across the Lone Star State, back when eight Texas programs were members of the Southwest Conference.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of quips
Noun
  • Rattlesnake master, a native prairie plant, has long, thin, stiff leaves with barbs along the entire margin.
    — Sheryl DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • Its backward-facing barbs resemble overlapping tiles on a roof.
    — Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
Definition of barbs
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