[
US
/ˈdʒaɪb/
]
[ UK /dʒˈaɪb/ ]
[ 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
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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'
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.