jibe
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[jahyb] Pronunciation Key verb, jibed, jib·ing, noun Nautical
[jahyb] Pronunciation Key verb, jibed, jib·ing, noun Nautical –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom. |
| 2. | to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner. |
| 3. | to cause to jibe. |
| 4. | the act of jibing. |
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[jahyb] Pronunciation Key verb (used without object), verb (used with object), jibed, jib·ing, noun
[jahyb] Pronunciation Key verb (used without object), verb (used with object), jibed, jib·ing, noun | gibe1. |
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[jahyb] Pronunciation Key
[jahyb] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object), jibed, jib·ing.
| to be in harmony or accord; agree: The report does not quite jibe with the commissioner's observations. |
[Origin: 1805–15, Americanism; orig. uncert.]
] —Synonyms conform, accord, fit.
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| gibe also jibe
(jīb) Pronunciation Key
v. gibed also jibed, gib·ing also jib·ing, gibes also jibes v. intr. To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks. v. tr. To deride with taunting remarks. n. A derisive remark. [Possibly from obsolete French giber, to handle roughly, play, from Old French.] gib'er n., gib'ing·ly adv. |
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| jibe 1 also gybe
(jīb) Pronunciation Key
v. jibed also gybed, jib·ing also gyb·ing, jibes also gybes v. intr. To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack. v. tr. To cause (a sail) to jibe. n. The act of jibing. [Alteration (perhaps influenced by jib1) of gybe, from obsolete Dutch gijben.] |
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| jibe 2
(jīb) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. jibed, jib·ing, jibes Informal To be in accord; agree: Your figures jibe with mine. [Origin unknown.] |
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| jibe 3
(jīb) Pronunciation Key
v. & n. Variant of gibe. |
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jibe
"agree, fit," 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (see jib). OED, however, suggests a phonetic variant of chime, as if meaning "to chime in with, to be in harmony."
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| jibe | |
noun | |
| 1. | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was 'drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot] |
verb | |
| 1. | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match] [ant: disaccord] |
| 2. | shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" |
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Jibe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing.] [Cf. Dan. gibbe, D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, n. & v. i.] (Naut.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.
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Jibe\, v. i. 1. (Naut.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe. 2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
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