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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
jibe
    n 1: 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]
    v 1: 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]
    2: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail
       jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, jib, change course]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for jibe:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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