different between jibe vs jibs

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Noun

jibe (plural jibes)

1. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.

Translations

Verb

jibe (third-person singular simple present jibes, present participle jibing, simple past and past participle jibed)

1. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.

   Synonym: flout
2. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
3. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.

Derived terms

• jiber, giber
• jibingly, gibingly

Translations

Alternative forms

• gibe
• gybe

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps related to chime (“to cause to sound in harmony”).

Verb

jibe (third-person singular simple present jibes, present participle jibing, simple past and past participle jibed)

1. (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.

Usage notes

Jibe and jive have been used interchangeably in the US to indicate the concept “to accord or agree”. While one recent dictionary accepts this usage of jive, most sources consider it to be in error.

Alternative forms

• gibe
• gybe

Translations

Etymology 3

See gybe.

Noun

jibe (plural jibes)

1. (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe

Verb

jibe (third-person singular simple present jibes, present participle jibing, simple past and past participle jibed)

1. (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe

References

English

Noun

jibs

1. plural of jib