meaning of jibe
1. 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.
2. To change a ships course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t. , and Gybe.
3. To agree; to harmonize.
4. 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
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