From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
jibe
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, gibe]
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, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disagree]
2: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail
jibbed wildly" [syn: gybe, jib, change course]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed (j[imac]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] [See Jibe.] (Naut.)
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of
the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered
off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also
jibe.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jibe \Jibe\ (j[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed (j[imac]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing (j[imac]b"[i^]ng).] [Cf. Dan. gibbe,
D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, n.
& v. i.] (Naut.)
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side
of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter. See Gybe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jibe \Jibe\, v. i.
1. (Naut.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a
shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.
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2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
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