jibe

jibe has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. i.. 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.
• v. i.. To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.
• v. t.. To agree; to harmonize.
• n.. 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"
• v.. shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
• v.. 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"