jibe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jibe	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for jibe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jibe 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" Synonym(s): shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe 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" Synonym(s): match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree Antonym(s): disaccord, disagree, discord shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" Synonym(s): jibe, gybe, jib, change course
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jibe \Jibe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jibed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jibing}.] [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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}. 2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gybed}; 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}.]