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Definition of Gibe

Gibe
Gibe Gibe, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing.] [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. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift.
Gibe
Gibe Gibe, v. i. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock. Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them. --Swift.
Gibe
Gibe Gibe, n. An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer. Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns. --Shak. With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. --Tennyson.

Meaning of Gibe from wikipedia

- Look up gibe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gibe may refer to: Gibe (woreda), a district in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region,...
- and the Gibe rivers to be one and the same river but with different names. Consequently, the whole river basin is sometimes called the Omo-Gibe River Basin...
- Gibity [ɡiˈbitɨ] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Pasłęk, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland...
- is a list of rulers of the Kingdom of Gera. The Gibe kingdom of Gera was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century...
- The Gibe region (Amharic: ጊቤ) was a historic region in modern southwestern Ethiopia, to the west of the Gibe and Omo Rivers, and north of the Gojeb. It...
- The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is a 250m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an ****ociated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River in Ethiopia. It is located...
- Gibal (Gr****: Γίβαλ, fl. ca. 551) was a commander of the Ostrogoths in the final stages of the Gothic War against the Eastern Roman Empire. Procopius...
- Gibe is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Hadiya Zone, Gibe is bordered on the south...
- The Gibe River (also Great Gibe River) is by far the largest tributary of the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia and flows generally south-southeast....
- The Gibe kingdom is located in present-day Ethiopia. Source: Information about pre-Oromo kings from Werner J. Lange, History of the Southern Gonga (Southwestern...