Gibe
[dʒaib]
Definition
(v. i.) To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
(v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
(n.) An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Sneer, scoff, jeer, fleer, flout.
v. a. Flout, taunt, deride, ridicule, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at.
n. Sneer, scoff, taunt, flout, biting jest.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sneer, scoff, ridicule, jeer, mock, deride, rail_at, taunt
ANT:Salute, compliment
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Definition
v.t. to sneer at: to taunt.—n. a taunt: contempt.—n. Gib′er one who gibes.—adv. Gib′ingly.
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Examples
- He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I shook her, I chid her, I pinched her fingers when she tried to put me off with gibes and jests in her queer provoking way, and at last out it came. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You may or may not have just cause for arresting me, said he, but at least there can be no reason why I should submit to the gibes of this person. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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