I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For two hours, legislators traded jibes over the bill.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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George Will is a great recycler, despite his jibes at silly liberal environmentalism.
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Giving and taking jibes and insults is very much part of being a footie fan; usually it's fun.
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Greg's jibe about the dress being like a shroud rankled.
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His jibe was greeted with howls of laughter as Mr Smith savaged Mr Major during the emergency debate on the economy.
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Mostly he walked away from her jibes.
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She had done nothing to deserve Deana's petty jibes, and suddenly it was too much.
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So he didn't listen to odd jibe about our millionaire friend, and he didn't ask them to pay.
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To deal with the jibes of those who called her Big Ben.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His distrust of the power of critics made him ready to jibe at David Sylvester.