gibe
🇺🇸
/dʒaɪb/
🇬🇧
/dʒaɪb/
noun
R
A mean or hurtful comment about someone.
He made several cheap gibes at his opponent during the interview.
R
A change of direction when sailing by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other.
verb
R
To make fun of someone in a mean way.
He gibed repeatedly at the errors they had made.
R
To be the same or match something.
Your statement doesn't gibe with the facts.
R
To change direction when sailing by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other.
translation
A mean or hurtful comment about someone.; A change of direction when sailing by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other.
To make fun of someone in a mean way.; To be the same or match something.; To change direction when sailing by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other.
Word Forms
3rd Present
gibes
Past
gibed
Perfect
gibed
Progressive
gibing
Plural
gibes