Jibe

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  • intransitive verb. To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (a sail) to jibe.
  • noun. The act of jibing.
  • intransitive verb. To be in accord; agree.
  • verb & noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Nautical, to cause (a fore-and-aft sail) to swing over to the other side when the wind is aft or on the quarter.
  • Nautical, to change from one tack to the other without going about; shift a fore-and-aft Bail from one side to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter.
  • To agree; be in harmony or accord; work together: as, the two plans did not seem to jibe.
  • A less common form of jib.
  • noun. See gibe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See jibe, v. t., and gybe.
  • intransitive verb. To agree; to harmonize.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
  • noun. A manoeuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind.
  • noun. sudden sweep of the boom of a sailboat across from one side of the boat to the other.
  • verb. To perform a jibe
  • verb. To agree.
  • verb. To cause to execute a jibe
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. shift from one side of the ship to the other
  • noun. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  • verb. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
  • Word Usage
    "And while your whole jibe is aimed at business and rocking out your career life, what if your question of “What am I afraid of?” was applied to relationships?"
    Form
    jibed  jibing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sail  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    about ship  accord  agree  agree  alter  
    variant
    gybe  
    verb-form
    jibed  jibes  jibing