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Webster 1913 Edition

Gibe

Gibe

,
Verb.
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.
Fleer and
gibe
, and laugh and flout.
Swift.

Gibe

,
Verb.
I.
To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
Draw the beasts as I describe them,
From their features, while I
gibe
them.
Swift.

Gibe

,
Noun.
An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
Mark the fleers, the
gibes
, and notable scorns.
Shakespeare
With solemn
gibe
did Eustace banter me.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gibe

GIBE

,
Verb.
I.
To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail at; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.

GIBE

,
Verb.
T.
To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to treat with sarcastic reflections; to taunt.
Draw the beasts as I describe them,
From their features, while I gibe them.

GIBE

,
Noun.
An expression of censure mingled with contempt; a scoff; a railing; an expression of sarcastic scorn.
Mark the fleers, the gibes, and the notable scorns,
That dwell in every region of his face.

Definition 2024

gibe

gibe

See also: GibE

English

Alternative forms

Noun

gibe ‎(plural gibes)

  1. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
    • 1603, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 1:
      Hamlet: Alas, poor Yorick! . . . Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?

Translations

Verb

gibe ‎(third-person singular simple present gibes, present participle gibing, simple past and past participle gibed)

  1. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
  2. (intransitive) To agree.
    That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.
  3. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
    • Jonathan Swift
      Draw the beasts as I describe them, / From their features, while I gibe them.
    • Jonathan Swift
      Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.

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Anagrams

Etymology

Compare Old Norse geipa ‎(“to talk nonsense”).

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