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1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
   "his parting jibe was 'drop dead'";
   - shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, gibe

1. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
   - match, fit, correspond, check, gibe, tally, agree, marry, marry up
    
2. Shift from one side of the ship to the other
   "The sail jibed wildly";
   - gybe [Brit, Cdn], jib, change course

Derived forms: jibes, jibed, jibing

Type of: be, comment, equal, input, remark, sail

Encyclopedia: Jibe