Jibe

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jibe
v. gibe, mock; fit, be in agreement; change direction, shift back and forth (Nautical)


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Jibe
This article is about the sailing maneuver. The term has other . A jibe or gybe is when a yacht turns its stern through the wind, such that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the boat to the other. The term wearing ship is used in square-rigged ships for jibing, but involves bringing the ship before the wind with braces carefully controlling the sails.
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jibe
Noun
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"
(synonym) shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, gibe
(hypernym) remark, comment
(hyponym) cheap shot
Verb
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"
(synonym) match, fit, correspond, check, gibe, tally, agree
(hypernym) equal, be
(hyponym) consist
(verb-group) harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree
2. shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
(synonym) gybe, jib, change course
(hypernym) sail


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Jibe
(v. t.)
To agree; to harmonize.
  
 
(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.
  

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jibe
Synonyms and related words:
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
  

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