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[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun gibe has 1 senses

   gibe(n = noun.communication) barb, dig, jibe, shaft, shot, slam - 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"
is a kind of comment, input, remark
has particulars: cheap shot
Derived form verb gibe2


Verb gibe has 2 senses

1.  gibe(v = verb.stative) agree, check, correspond, fit, jibe, match, tally - 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"
is one way to be, equal
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

2.  gibe(v = verb.communication) barrack, flout, jeer, scoff - laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
is one way to bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit
Derived form noun gibe1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

gibe, v. i. [Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.].

   To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff. [1913 Webster]
"Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout." [1913 Webster]


gibe, v. i.

   To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock. [1913 Webster]
"Draw the beasts as I describe them,
From their features, while I gibe them.
" [1913 Webster]


gibe, n.

   An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer. [1913 Webster]
"Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns." [1913 Webster]
"With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me." [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

gibe, v. & n. (also jibe)
--v.intr. (often foll. by at) jeer, mock.
--n. an instance of gibing; a taunt.

Derivative:
giber n.

Etymology:
perh. f. OF giber handle roughly


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Disrespect

N  disrespect, disesteem, disestimation, disparagement irreverence, slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae, superciliousness, vilipendency, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy, practical joking, scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation, irrision, derision, mockery, irony, sarcasm, hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face, disrespectful, aweless, irreverent, disparaging, insulting, supercilious, contemptuous, patronizing, rude, derisive, sarcastic, scurrile, scurrilous, contumelious, unrespected, unworshiped, unenvied, unsaluted, unregarded, disregarded, disrespectfully.

VB  hold in disrespect, misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve, be disrespectful, be discourteous, treat with disrespect, set down, put down, browbeat, dishonor, desecrate, insult, affront, outrage, speak slightingly of, disparage, vilipend, vilify, call names, throw dirt, fling dirt, drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities, make mouths, make faces, bite the thumb, take by the beard, pluck by the beard, toss in a blanket, tar and feather, have in derision, hold in derision, deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, snigger, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer, roast, turn into ridicule, burlesque, laugh to scorn, smoke, fool, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of, play a practical joke, lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout, mob.