GIBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gibe mean?
• GIBE (noun)
The noun GIBE has 1 sense:
1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Familiarity information: GIBE used as a noun is very rare.
• GIBE (verb)
The verb GIBE has 2 senses:
1. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
2. laugh at with contempt and derision
Familiarity information: GIBE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GIBE (noun)
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; gibe; jibe; dig; shaft; slam; shot
Context examples:
his parting shot was 'drop dead' / she threw shafts of sarcasm / she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
Hypernyms ("gibe" is a kind of...):
comment; remark (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gibe"):
cheap shot (an unnecessarily aggressive and unfair remark directed at a defenseless person)
• GIBE (verb)
Meaning:
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
match; jibe; gibe; correspond; tally; agree; fit; check
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "gibe" is one way to...):
be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gibe"):
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)
conform to; fit; meet (satisfy a condition or restriction)
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)
square (be compatible with)
duplicate; parallel; twin (duplicate or match)
parallel (be parallel to)
correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)
align (align with; be or come into adjustment)
coincide (be the same)
answer (match or correspond)
look (accord in appearance with)
consist (be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous)
rhyme; rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Laugh at with contempt and derision
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
scoff; jeer; gibe; flout; barrack
Context example:
The crowd jeered at the speaker
Hypernyms (to "gibe" is one way to...):
bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit (harass with persistent criticism or carping)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
