'Jibe' definitions:
Definition of 'jibe'
From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe]
verb
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 don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord]
verb
Shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, jib, change course]
Definition of 'Jibe'
From: GCIDE
- Jibe \Jibe\ (j[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jibed (j[imac]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jibing (j[imac]b"[i^]ng).] [Cf. Dan. gibbe, D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw. gippa to jerk. Cf. Jib, n. & v. i.] (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jibe'
From: GCIDE
- Jibe \Jibe\, v. i.
- 1. (Naut.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'jibe'
From: GCIDE
- Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed (j[imac]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] [See Jibe.] (Naut.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also jibe.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jibe'
From: 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