transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒaɪb ]
( jibes, jibing, jibed)
Note: The spelling 'gibe' is also used for meanings 1 and 2.
1.
A jibe is a rude or insulting remark about someone that is intended to make them look foolish.
...a cheap jibe about his loss of hair...
N-COUNT
2.
To jibe means to say something rude or insulting which is intended to make another person look foolish. ( WRITTEN )
‘No doubt he’ll give me the chance to fight him again,’ he jibed, tongue in cheek.
VERB : V with quote
3.
If numbers, statements, or events jibe , they are exactly the same as each other or they are consistent with each other. ( mainly AM )
The numbers don’t jibe...
How did your expectations jibe with the reality?
= tally
V-RECIP : pl-n V , V with n