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Word: jibe (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
  • nautical A manoeuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind.
  • nautical sudden sweep of the boom of a sailboat across from one side of the boat to the other.

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Verb:

  • nautical To perform a jibe
  • intransitive To agree.
  • nautical To cause to execute a jibe

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