Dictionary Entry
jibe
jibe is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe. t., and Gybe.
- 3transitive verb
To agree; to harmonize.
- 4noun
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"
- 5verb
shift from one side of the ship to the other
"The sail jibbed wildly"
- 6verb
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"
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