jibe

[ US /ˈdʒaɪb/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒˈa‍ɪb/ ]

VERB

be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
The two stories don't agree in many details
The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
shift from one side of the ship to the other
The sail jibbed wildly

NOUN

an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
she threw shafts of sarcasm
she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
his parting shot was `drop dead'

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How To Use jibe In A Sentence

Her story didn't jibe with the witnesses'account.
She jibed constantly at the way he ran his business.
Many nights, I have cried myself to sleep over such cruel jibes. Times, Sunday Times
‘It's meant to be’ jibes Danilo as he storms off the Westmorland Hall stage with such splendid melodrama he almost pushes conductor Wyn Davies into his illustrious players.
There is also some automatic service nike mad jibe shoes without anybody in the hotel toilet.
Unlike many other politicians, he refuses to indulge in cheap jibes at other people's expense.
And adding to that he gets the 'paedo' jibes from the A block when he comes to the City Through the seasons before us..
Perhaps, ironically, all those cheap jibes helped him here. Times, Sunday Times
The title is in honour of Australia’s first female deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, jibe from the enlightened Mr Heffernan – stating she was unfit for leadership because she was” deliberately barren”. Archive 2008-09-01
‘It's hugely different to writing to a feature film, where you're basically whitewashing it for the producers,’ he jibes.

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