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What's The Definition Of Gibe?
[n] 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"
[v] laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" [v] 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 do'nt match those on the gun" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gibe: agree | barb | barrack | check | correspond | dig | fit | flout | jeer | jibe | jibe | match | scoff | shaft | shot | slam | tally Related Terms | Find terms related to Gibe: affront | aphorism | apothegm | aspersion | atrocity | back answer | barrack | be merry with | bon mot | boutade | brickbat | bright idea | bright thought | brilliant idea | call names | caustic remark | chaff | comeback | conceit | contempt | contumely | crack | crack a joke | crack wise | cut | cut at | cutting remark | deride | derision | despite | dig | dig at | dishonor | disoblige | dump | dump on | enormity | epigram | facetiae | flash of wit | fleer | fleer at | flight of wit | flout | flouting | foolery | fun | gibe at | gibing retort | gird | give offense to | happy thought | heckle | humiliate | humiliation | hurl a brickbat | indignity | injury | insult | jab | jab at | jape | jeer | jeer at | jeering | jest | jibe | jibe at | joke | josh | kid | kid around | leg-pull | make a funny | make fun | make fun of | mock | mockery | mot | nasty crack | offend | offense | outrage | Parthian shot | parting shot | persiflage | play of wit | play on words | pleasantry | poke fun at | pooh | pooh-pooh | pun | put down | put-down | put-on | quip | quips and cranks | rag | rail | rail at | raillery | rally | rank out | razz | repartee | retort | revile | rib | ridicule | riposte | rude reproach | sally | scintillate | scintillation | scoff | scoff at | scoffing | scold | scout | scurrility | short answer | slam | slap | slap at | smart crack | smart saying | snappy comeback | sneer | sneer at | sparkle | stroke of wit | swipe | taunt | tease | thrust | treat with indignity | turn of thought | twit | uncomplimentary remark | utter a mot | verbal thrust | wisecrack | witticism See Also | accede | adhere | align | answer | bait | be | bear out | befit | beseem | cod | coincide | comment | conform to | consist | correlate | corroborate | duplicate | equal | homologize | look | meet | overlap | parallel | pattern | rag | rally | razz | remark | resemble | rhyme | ride | rime | square | suit | support | tantalise | tantalize | taunt | tease | twin | twit | underpin Gibe In Webster's Dictionary \Gibe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gibed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gibing}.] [Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play,
Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.]
To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to
utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to
scoff.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift.
\Gibe\, v. i. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock. Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them. --Swift. \Gibe\, n. An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer. Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns. --Shak. With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. --Tennyson. |
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