jibe 1
/juyb/ , v. , jibed, jibing , n. Naut.
v.i.
1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
2. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
v.t.
3. to cause to jibe.
n.
4. the act of jibing.
Also, gibe, gybe, jib, jibb .
[ 1685-95; var. of gybe gijben, more commonly gijpen ]
jibe 2
/juyb/ , v.i., v.t., jibed, jibing , n.
gibe 1 .
jibe 3
/juyb/ , v.i. , jibed, jibing .
to be in harmony or accord; agree: The report does not quite jibe with the commissioner's observations.
[ 1805-15, Amer.; orig. uncert. ]
Syn . conform, accord, fit.