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jibe

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jibe

1  [jahyb] verb, jibed, jib⋅ing, noun Nautical
Use jibe in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to jibe.
–noun
4. the act of jibing.
Also, gibe, gybe, jib, jibb.

Origin:
1685–95; var. of gybe < D gijben, more commonly gijpen

jibe

2  [jahyb] verb (used without object), verb (used with object), jibed, jib⋅ing, noun
gibe 1 .

jibe

3  [jahyb]
–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.

gibe

1  [jahyb] verb, gibed, gib⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
–verb (used with object)
2. to taunt; deride.
–noun
3. a taunting or sarcastic remark.
Also, jibe.

Origin:
1560–70; perh. < MF giber to handle roughly, shake, deriv. of gibe staff, billhook

Related forms:
giber, noun
gib⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. mock, sneer, gird. 2. ridicule, twit, fleer. 3. sneer, scoff, jeer.
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gibe also jibe   (jīb)   
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.
jibe 1 also gybe   (jīb)   
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.]
jibe 2   (jīb)   
intr.v.   jibed, jib·ing, jibes Informal
To be in accord; agree: Your figures jibe with mine.

[Origin unknown.]
jibe 3   (jīb)   
v.   & n.
Variant of gibe.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
jibe [dʒɑɪb]

  1. in.
    to agree; to be in harmony. (See also track.) : Your story just doesn't jibe with the facts.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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