gibe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• gybe
• jibe

[edit] Etymology

Cf. Old Norse geipa (“‘to talk nonsense’”).

[edit] Noun

gibe (plural: gibes)

1. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.

[edit] Verb

to gibe (third-person singular simple present gibes, present participle gibing, simple past and past participle gibed)

1. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
2. (intransitive) To agree.

   That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.

3. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of begi
• IBGE