jibe
A facetious or insulting remarkA facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
» I'm tired of your anti-science jibe from your religion.
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1 sensesA facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer.
Spöttelei, spöttische Bemerkung, Stichelei
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- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Examples
4 sentencesI'm tired of your anti-science jibe from your religion.
Something here doesn't jibe.
ruЧто-то тут не стыкуется. — marafon
The rude and arrogant son of the famous actor used to indulge in jibes at other people's expense.
deDer unhöfliche und arrogante Sohn des berühmten Schauspielers pflegte sich auf Kosten anderer lustig zu machen. — faehrmann
His criticism of the Thai people doesn't jibe at all with my experience of them.
ruЕго критика тайцев совсем не совпадает с моими знаниями о них. — kukla
Translations
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Origin
Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in spoUncertain; 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”).
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