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jibe

US/d͡ʒaɪb/ uncommon informal us
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

  • “his parting shot was”
  • “";”
  • “;”
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verb

1.

be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

  • “The two stories don”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “s fingerprints don”
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2.

shift from one side of the ship to the other

  • “The sail jibbed wildly”
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Origin

Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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