JIBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jibe mean? 

• JIBE (noun)
  The noun JIBE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JIBE used as a noun is very rare.

• JIBE (verb)
  The verb JIBE has 2 senses:

1. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

2. shift from one side of the ship to the other

  Familiarity information: JIBE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JIBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

barb; dig; gibe; jibe; shaft; shot; slam

Context example:

she takes a dig at me every chance she gets

Hypernyms ("jibe" is a kind of...):

comment; input; remark (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jibe"):

cheap shot (an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person)

• JIBE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jibe    / jibe    ... he / she / it jibes    / jibes   
Past simple: jibed    / jibed   
Past participle: jibed    / jibed   
-ing form: jibing    / jibing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally

Context example:

The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun

Hypernyms (to "jibe" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Verb group:

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

check; check out (be verified or confirmed; pass inspection)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jibe"):

square (be compatible with)

rhyme; rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)

adhere (be compatible or in accordance with)

pattern (form a pattern)

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

befit; beseem; suit (accord or comport with)

homologize (be homologous)

resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)

bear out; corroborate; support; underpin (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm)

duplicate; parallel; twin (duplicate or match)

parallel (be parallel to)

correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)

align (be or come into adjustment with)

coincide (be the same)

answer (match or correspond)

look (accord in appearance with)

consist (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shift from one side of the ship to the other

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

change course; gybe; jib; jibe

Context example:

The sail jibbed wildly

Hypernyms (to "jibe" is one way to...):

sail (travel on water propelled by wind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

We were lying head to north-west, and it was his intention to jibe over all with the first puff.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Crookes and Wallace ranged up on the opposing side, while Sir Oliver Lodge attempted to formulate a compromise that would jibe with his particular cosmic theories.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Methinks this hath become a family custom amongst the Edricsons. Nay, I am sorry; I did not mean a jibe. But, indeed, Alleyne, this hath come suddenly upon me, and I scarce know what to say.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jibing the fore- and main-sails and setting the topsails again, we headed back into the bank.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I did not see what went on elsewhere, though I felt the sudden surge and heel of the schooner as the wind-pressures changed to the jibing of the fore- and main-sails.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)