jibe as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
jibe
noun
1 jibe
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, shaft, shot, slam.
Roget 842:
wit,
humor,
wittiness;
sense of humor;
attic wit,
attic salt;
atticism†;
salt,
esprit,
point,
fancy,
whim,
drollery,
pleasantry.
farce,
buffoonery,
fooling,
tomfoolery;
shenanigan [U.S.],
harlequinade
etc.
599†;
broad farce,
broad humor;
fun,
espieglerie [Fr.];
vis comica [Lat.].
jocularity;
jocosity,
jocoseness†;
facetiousness;
waggery,
waggishness;
whimsicality;
comicality
etc.
853.
banter,
badinage,
retort,
repartee,
smartness,
ready wit,
quid-pro-quo;
ridicule
etc.
856.
jest,
joke,
jape,
jibe;
facetiae [Lat.],
levity,
quips and cranks;
capital joke;
canorae nugae [Lat.];
standing jest,
standing joke,
private joke,
conceit,
quip,
quirk,
crank,
quiddity,
concetto†,
plaisanterie [Fr.],
brilliant idea;
merry thought,
bright thought,
happy thought;
sally;
flash of wit,
flash of merriment;
scintillation;
mot [Fr.],
mot pour rire [Fr.];
witticism,
smart saying,
bon-mot,
jeu d'esprit [Fr.],
epigram;
jest book;
dry joke,
quodlibet,
cream of the jest.
word-play,
jeu de mots [Fr.];
play of words,
play upon words;
pun,
punning;
double entente,
double entendre [Fr.]
etc.
(ambiguity)
520;
quibble,
verbal quibble;
conundrum
etc.
(riddle)
533;
anagram,
acrostic,
double acrostic,
trifling,
idle conceit,
turlupinade†.
old joke,
tired joke,
flat joke,
Joe Miller†.
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Dutch: hatelijkheid, speldenprik, speldeprik, steek, stekeligheid
Polish: przytyk, przycinek, przymówka
verb
1 jibe
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, match, tally.
Dutch: overeenkomen, overeenstemmen, rijmen, sluiten, stroken
2 jibe
Moby thesaurus: about ship, accord, agree, alter, ameliorate, answer to, assent, assort with, back and fill, be changed, be consistent, be converted into, be of one, be renewed, be uniform with, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, bottom out, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change the heading, check, checker, chime, chop, chop and change, cohere, coincide, come about, come around, come round, concur, conform, conform with, consist with, cooperate, correspond, degenerate, deteriorate, deviate, diverge, diversify, double a point, dovetail, fall in together, fetch about, fit in, fit together, flop, go, go about, go together, go with, gybe, hang together, harmonize, haul around, heave round, hit, hold together, improve, interlock, intersect, jibe all standing, lock, match, meliorate, miss stays, mitigate, modulate, mutate, overlap, parallel, ply, put about, put back, register, register with, respond to, revive, round a point, sheer, shift, sing in chorus, slew, sort with, square, square with, stand together, swerve, swing round, swing the stern, tack, take a turn, tally, throw about, turn, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn the corner, undergo a change, vary, veer, warp, wear, wear ship, wind, worsen, yaw ... show more.
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