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gibe¹

noun gibes

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of gybe
  2. alternative Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”). Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne.

verb gibes · gibing · gibed

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of gybe
  2. alternative Alternative spelling of jibe Why thats the way to choake a gibing ſpirrit, / Whoſe influence is begot of that looſe grace, / Which ſhallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […]

GibE²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Gibraltarian English

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@misc{gibe_2026,
  title = {gibe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gibe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}