gibe
verb/dʒaɪb/
/dʒaɪb/
(also jibe)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gibe | /dʒaɪb/ /dʒaɪb/ |
| he / she / it gibes | /dʒaɪbz/ /dʒaɪbz/ |
| past simple gibed | /dʒaɪbd/ /dʒaɪbd/ |
| past participle gibed | /dʒaɪbd/ /dʒaɪbd/ |
| -ing form gibing | /ˈdʒaɪbɪŋ/ /ˈdʒaɪbɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] gibe (at something) | gibe that… | + speech to say something that is intended to make somebody look silly or feel embarrassed
- He gibed repeatedly at the errors they had made.
- [intransitive] gibe (with something) (North American English, informal) to be the same as something or to match it
- Your statement doesn't gibe with the facts.
- (especially British English gybe)[intransitive] (specialist) to change direction when sailing with the wind behind you, by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other compare tack (3)
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