Gibe

Definition: Gibe

Gibe

Noun

1. 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".

Verb

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 do'nt match those on the gun".

2. Laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gibe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Gibe

Disrespect

Hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Crosswords: Gibe

Expressions using "gibe": gibe at ♦ gibe at smb.. Additional references.

Albanian

tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, flout, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, ridicule, satire, scoff, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt, twit), shpoti (chaff). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هزأ ب (deride, gird, hold up, laugh at, mockery, roast, sneer), ‏هزء (flout, scoff, sneer), ‏تهكم (deride, flippancy, irony, jeer, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, sarcasm, satire, taunt), ‏سخرية (burlesque, derision, fling, humor, humour, irony, jeer, lampoon, laughter, mockery, persiflage, quip, ridicule, rub, sarcasm, scoff, scorn, shy, snap, sneer, spoof, taunt, tee-hee, tehee, twit, wit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

презрителна забележка, подигравка (dig, flout, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, snub, sport, twit, wipe). (various references)

Czech

posmívat se (jeer, jibber, mock, ridicule, taunt). (various references)

Farsi 

سخن طعنه امیزگفتن , طنزگفتن , دست انداختن (Banter, Fool, Game, Hoax, Kid, Lark, Ridicule, Spoof), باطعنه استهزاء کردن . (various references)

Finnish

pistosana (sarcasm, sarcastic remark), pilkkasana (taunt), letkaus (a dig, retort), ivasana (taunt). (various references)

French

virer, se moquer de, se moquer, quolibet, moquerie, dérision. (various references)

German

verspotten (deride, jeer at, lampoon, make fun of, mock, ridicule, satirize, taunt, to deride, to flout, to lampoon, to mock, to ridicule, to satirize), verhöhnung (derision, mocking, ridiculing), verhöhnen (deride, lampoon, mock, ridicule, scorn, to ridicule), sticheln (embroider, make digs, make snide remarks, nettle, pick, sew, stab, sting, taunt, tease), stichelei (dig, jibe, quip, sewing, snide remark, teasing, wisecrack), spotten (be derisive, deride, derision, flout, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, mock fun, mockery, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, to mock), spott (derision, derisiveness, fleer, jeer, jibe, mockery, ridicule, sarcasm, scoff, sneer, taunt), spöttelei (derision, jibe, mockery, mocking, raillery, ridicule, scoffing, taunt), seitenhieb (side blow, side cut, side-swipe). (various references)

Greek 

σκώμμα (fling, quip, scoff), σαρκάζω (be sarcastic, mock, sneer), χλευάζω (deride, fleer, flout, gird, jeer, mock, pish, rail, scoff, sneer, taunt). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללעו�' (deride, guy, jeer, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer), לל�'ל�' (mock, poke fun, rally, rib, scoff, sneer, taunt), לתאם (accord, agree, coordinate, correlate, harmonize, match, tally). (various references)

Hungarian

gúnyolódás (flout, irony, jape, jeer, jibe, mock, raillery, rallying, sarcasm, scoff, scoffing, taunt), csúfolódás (flout, jeer, jibe, mockery, rallying, scoffing, taunting). (various references)

Indonesian

memperolok (boo). (various references)

Italian

stoccata (jibe, shot, stab, thrust), schernire (flout, jeer, jibe, mock at, taunt), frecciata (arrowshot, dig, jibe), beffarsi (banter, jeer, jibe), beffare (gird, jibe, make fun of, mock), beffa (banter, cheat, derisiveness, hoax, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, lark, mock, mockery, scoff, spoof). (various references)

Korean 

비웃음 (sneer). (various references)

Manx

flout (affront, aspersion, invective, rebuff, rebuttal, reproach, scorn, slander, snub, stigma, taunt, vituperation). (various references)

Norwegian

spotte (jeer), spott. (various references)

Pig Latin

ibegay.(various references)

Portuguese

zombaria (chaff, fleer, flout, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery, ridicule, scoff, slyness, sneer, sport), zombar (banter, bemock, deride, engirdle, fool, gird, jape, jeer, jeer at, jest, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer, twit), sarcasmo (acidness, acridity, gird, irony, jibe, lash, sarcasm, satire, sneer, taunt), fazer pouco de (bob, fleer, jeer, jibe, make little of, minimize, mock, quiz, tease), escarnecer (deride, engirdle, fleer, flout, gird, jeer, jeer at, jibe, laugh, make fun of, mock, scoff), escárnio (derision, fleer, fling, flout, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt), brincadeira (a practical joke, badinage, banter, dalliance, diversion, drollery, escapade, frisk, frolic, fun, gag, gambol, game, gird, hoax, humor, humour, jape, jest, jibe, joke, joking, josh, lark, play, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, raillery, rig, sport, waggery). (various references)

Romanian

glumã rãutãcioasã, zeflemea (banter, chaff, chaffing, jeer, jesting, quip, raillery, scorn, taunt), lua în râs (ballyrag, mock, scoff, stultify), ironiza (banter, chaff), batjocurã (farce, insult, jeer, jesting, mock, mockery, quiz, ridicule, scorn, taunt). (various references)

Russian 

колкость (dig, mordacity, nip, poignancy, sharpness, sting, zinger), насмешка (derision, dig, flout, gird, jeer, jest, jibe, piss-take, quiz, scoff, scorn, taunt, twit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rugati se (bullyrag, deride, flout, gird, jape, jeer, jest, mock, poke fun, ridicule, scoff), ruganje (derision, jape, jeer, mockery). (various references)

Spanish

hablar atropelladamente (gabble, gibber, jabber, jibe), burlarse de (banter, deride, flout, jibe, laugh at, make fun of, make play of, mock, quiz, rib), burlar de uno (jibe), burla (circumvention, derision, gag, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, persiflage, ragging, scoff, scoffing, skit, sneer, takeoff, trick). (various references)

Swedish

spe (derision, mockery), pik (dig, innuendo, pike, point, shy, taunt), håna (deride, flout, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt), hån (contumely, derision, jeer, mockery, outrage, ridicule, scorn, sneer, taunt), gliring (innuendo, jeer, shy, sneer, squib, taunt). (various references)

Thai

เยาะเย้ย (gibe at, guy, jape, jibe, mock, ridicule, sardonic, taunt with), คำพู�"เยาะเย้ย (jibe, sneer). (various references)

Turkish

taş (allusion, calculus, concretion, dig, Flint, gem, gravel, hit, innuendo, jeer, jibe, lapidary, piece, rock, stone), dokundurmak (adumbrate, hint, jibe, make touch), dalga geçmek (cod, jape, jeer, jibe, kid, make fun of, make merry over, monkey around, pull smb.'s leg, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, scoff, send up), dalga geçme (jape, jibe, kidding, making fun of smb., no kidding, pulling smb.'s leg, ridicule, wipe, wiper), alay etmek (deride, flout, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb., taunt), alay (banter, cortege, derision, fleet, fun, gag, irony, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, leg pull, mock, mockery, parade, persiflage, procession, quiz, regiment, regimental, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, taunt, teasing, troops in line, wipe). (various references)

Ukrainian

ущипливість (acridity, causticity, pungency, sting), глузування (banter, dig, flout, jeer, jest, mock, outfling, scoff, send up, sneer, twit, wipe, witticism), насміхатися (deride, fleer, jibe, quiz, sneer). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự chế nhạo (derision, game, gird, girt, ridicule, sarcasm), sự chế giếu. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "gibe": gibed, giber, gibers, gibes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Gibe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agebe, Cgegbe, gabba, gabbe, gabe, gabo, gbii, g'bye, gdb, Geba, Gebe, geben, geber, gebet, gebie, gebr, gebur, geeb, Geebee, ghb, giae, gibar, gibb, Gibbe, Gibbie, gibbo, Gibeah, gibee, gibet, gibey, Gibney, Gibor, gibre, gibs, gibt, giby, gice, Giebe, Giebel, gieg, giez, gige, gike, Gilbo, gimb, gimbel, gime, gine, Gipe, gize, glibe, gnib, Goba, gobe, Gobey, goboe, gonbee, gpib, gribe, grieb, Gubay, guibba, guibo, gyb, Gybi, gype, hibe, Ibe, ibee, Ieb, igbe, igbee, ige, Igfbp, nibe, Oguibe. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: beg, big, gib, gie.

-2 letters: be, bi.

+1 letter: begin, beige, beigy, being, bewig, bilge, binge, bogie, gibed, giber, gibes.

+2 letters: baggie, begins, begird, begirt, begrim, beiges, beings, benign, bewigs, bigeye, bigger, biggie, bilged, bilges, binged, binger, binges, biogen, bogies, boogie, bougie, bridge, budgie, ebbing, gabies, gerbil, gibbed, gibber, gibbet, gibers, giblet, gobies, oblige.

+3 letters: abridge, baggier, baggies, bagpipe, beading, beaming, beaning, bearing, beating, becking, bedding, bedight, beefing, beeping, begging, begirds, begonia, begrime, begrims, beguile, beguine, beignet, belling, belting, belying, bending, besiege, besting, betting, bigeyes, bigfeet, biggest, biggety, biggies, bighead, bighted, bigness, bigoted, bilgier, bingers, biogens, biogeny, blueing, boggier, boogied, boogies, bougies, brewing, bridged, bridges, brigade, bringer, budgies, buggier, buggies, bulgier, filibeg, firebug, gabbier, gambier, gerbils, gibbers, gibbets, gibbose, giblets, gilbert, glibber, gribble, iceberg, ignoble, inbeing, kerbing, legible, legibly, megabit, obeying, obliged, obligee, obliger, obliges, overbig, rebegin, rugbies, sabeing, webbing.