jibing
present participle ofjibe
jibe
verb[I]
uk/dʒaɪb/us/dʒaɪb/to makeinsultingremarksthat areintendedto make someonelookstupid:
She jibedconstantlyatthe way heranhisbusiness.
Mocking and taunting
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- derisively
- grief
- haze
- lampoon
- laugh insomeone'sfaceidiom
- layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
- make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
- make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
- mimic
- mimicry
- mock
- ridicule
- sardonic
- sardonically
- scoff
- scoffer
Phrasal verb
jibe withsomething
Examplesofjibing
jibing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It is no goodjibingat the trade unions in such a situation.
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I mention that not with the object ofjibingat other countries, but as an object lesson.
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I am notjibingat the county council.
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A catamaran has two identical hulls, a proa shunts rather than tacking andjibingto come about.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whenjibinga symmetric, the pole is removed from one corner and attached to the opposite corner.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The centreboard is retracted at broad points of sail, again similarly to a sailing boat, to allow forjibingcontrol.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many boats can make good downwind faster by not sailing dead downwind, but insteadjibing(also spelled gybing) back and forth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.End-for-endjibingrequires a pole with identical fittings at either end.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jibingwith the asymmetric is much less complex than the symmetric, due to the lack of the spinnaker pole.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dip-polejibingcan use a pole with one mast end and one sail end.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The choice of which strategy to use (coming-about orjibing) depends on the conditions, sail configuration, and the craft.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jibingis often necessary to change course when sailing off the wind or downwind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jibingis also used commonly in races, which often use a triangular course marked with buoys; the most direct way of rounding a buoy may be to jibe.
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