jibe

1. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.Examples: "[Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience."; "We could hardly speak before for fear of our Taskmasters; but we dare now Nose those Villains that used to gibe us."; "How I want thee, hum'rous Hogarth! / Thou, I hear, a pleaſant Rogue art; / […] / Draw the Beaſts as I deſcribe them, / From their Features, while I gibe them."Synonyms: flouttransitive

2. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.Examples: "Scarlett felt her heart begin its mad racing again and she clutched her hand against it unconsciously, as if she would squeeze it into submission. "Eavesdroppers often hear highly instructive things," jibed a memory."transitive

3. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.Examples: "Why thats the way to choake a gibing ſpirrit, / Whoſe influence is begot of that looſe grace, / Which ſhallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […]"; "This ſet the old Gentlevvoman a Laughing at me, as you may be ſure it vvould: VVell, Madam, Forſooth, ſays ſhe, Gibing at me, you vvould be a Gentlevvoman, and hovv vvill you come to be a Gentlevvoman? VVhat vvill you do it by your Fingers Ends?"; "Thus with talents well endu'd / To be ſcurrilous and rude; / When you pertly raiſe your ſnout, / Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout; […]"intransitive