Jibe vs. Jive

Jibenoun

A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.

Jibeverb

(transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.

Jibeverb

(transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

Jibeverb

(intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.

Jibeverb

To accord or agree.

Jibeverb

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.

Jibeverb

To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.

Jibeverb

To agree; to harmonize.

Jibenoun

an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

Jibeverb

be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;

Jibeverb

shift from one side of the ship to the other;

Jibe

A jibe (US) or gybe (Britain) is a sailing maneuver whereby a sailing vessel reaching downwind turns its stern through the wind, which then exerts its force from the opposite side of the vessel. For square-rigged ships, this maneuver is called wearing ship.

Jiveverb

To deceive; to be deceptive.

Jiveverb

To dance.

Jivenoun

A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.

Jivenoun

Swing, a style of jazz music.

Jivenoun

A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.

Jivenoun

Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.

Jivenoun

African-American Vernacular English.

Jivenoun

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.

Jivenoun

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

Jiveverb

dance to jive music; dance the jive