jibe
noun/dʒaɪb/
/dʒaɪb/
(also gibe)
- jibe (at somebody/something) an unkind or offensive remark about somebody
- He made several cheap jibes at his opponent during the interview.
- (North American English) (also gybe especially in British English)(specialist) an act of changing direction when sailing with the wind behind you, by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other
Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps from Old French giber ‘handle roughly’ (in modern dialect ‘kick’); compare with the verb jib.
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