jibe /d͡ʒaɪb/verb 4noun 1forms 4 verb4 •(US, informal) To accord or agree.That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts. •To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.[Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Misive out of audience. — 1606 •To say in a mocking or taunting manner. •To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.Why thats the way to choake a gibing spirrit, / Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, / Which shallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […] — 1595 noun1 •A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer. formsjibed · gibing · jibing · jibes
