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variants:
or jibing
present participle of gibe
Synonyms & Antonyms of gibing
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
- teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play
Synonyms for gibing
Words Related to gibing
- bad-mouthing,
- belittling,
- decrying,
- disparaging,
- pooh-poohing
- (also poohing),
- putting down
- chaffing,
- jiving,
- joshing,
- kidding,
- quizzing,
- rallying,
- razzing,
- ribbing,
- riding,
- teasing,
- tweaking,
- twitting
- baiting,
- barracking
- [chiefly British],
- bugging,
- catcalling,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- hassling,
- heckling,
- needling,
- pestering,
- ragging,
- targeting,
- taunting,
- tormenting
Phrases Synonymous with gibing
Near Antonyms for gibing
- applauding,
- approving,
- commending,
- endorsing
- (also indorsing),
- sanctioning
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