From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gibe
n : an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
`drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a
dig at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft,
slam, dig, barb, jibe]
v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on
the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match
those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond,
check, jibe, tally, agree] [ant: disagree]
2: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at
the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gibe \Gibe\, n.
An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff;
a taunt; a sneer.
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Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns. --Shak.
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With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gibe \Gibe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gibing.] [Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play,
Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.]
To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to
utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to
scoff.
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Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gibe \Gibe\, v. i.
To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at;
to mock.
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Draw the beasts as I describe them,
From their features, while I gibe them. --Swift.
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