Definition of jibe

noun (n)

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect (noun.communication)

  Synonym: barb, dig, gibe, shaft, shot, slam
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics (verb.stative)

  Synonym: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, match, tally
  Antonym: disaccord, disagree, discord
  

  source: wordnet30
• shift from one side of the ship to the other (verb.motion)

  Synonym: change course, gybe, jib
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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