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jibe

n.
US //ˈdʒaɪb// UK //dʒˈaɪb// jibe Informal
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Etymology 1

Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”). The noun is derived from the verb.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps related to chime (“to cause to sound in harmony”).

Etymology 3

See gybe.

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