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or jibe
as in to mock
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play
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or jibe
as in sneer
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Recent Examples of gibe
Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Thompson was dressed less formally, and gibed at Weinberger about his attire.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
But the Space Force decision was announced six months ago, and suggesting it’s at fault for the New Glenn delay doesn’t gibe with Blue’s previous statements.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2021
Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Trudeau, whose approval ratings were already on a decline before Trump took aim at Canada, was criticized by both liberal party allies and conservative adversaries for his tepid response to the president’s gibes and threats.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Seth Meyers; Says Comcast should ‘pay a big price’
Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss President-elect Trump’s gibe against host Seth Meyers.
—The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
His gibes at China on X were often aggressive and sarcastic.
—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The gibe is electorally perilous because of the large Puerto Rican populations in several swing states, most notably Pennsylvania.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
The gibe blew Quayle off the debate stage; then, just a few weeks later, Republicans won the White House in a landslide.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Moderate Republicans Thursday distanced themselves from Trump’s gibe as pundits branded the statement as an unforced error that could fuel Democratic political momentum.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Trump’s apparent gibe pointed to a potential problem.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Verb
Joe Biden's Farewell Letter Takes 'Civil War' Swipe At Donald Trump
By Khaleda Rahman
National Correspondent
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President Joe Biden has released a farewell letter to Americans, appearing to gibe President-elect Donald Trump.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Thompson was dressed less formally, and gibed at Weinberger about his attire.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Dec. 2023
But the Space Force decision was announced six months ago, and suggesting it’s at fault for the New Glenn delay doesn’t gibe with Blue’s previous statements.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2021
Noun
But even some Republicans weren’t happy with the nasty gibe.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Trudeau, whose approval ratings were already on a decline before Trump took aim at Canada, was criticized by both liberal party allies and conservative adversaries for his tepid response to the president’s gibes and threats.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Seth Meyers; Says Comcast should ‘pay a big price’
Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss President-elect Trump’s gibe against host Seth Meyers.
—The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
His gibes at China on X were often aggressive and sarcastic.
—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The gibe is electorally perilous because of the large Puerto Rican populations in several swing states, most notably Pennsylvania.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
The gibe blew Quayle off the debate stage; then, just a few weeks later, Republicans won the White House in a landslide.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Moderate Republicans Thursday distanced themselves from Trump’s gibe as pundits branded the statement as an unforced error that could fuel Democratic political momentum.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Trump’s apparent gibe pointed to a potential problem.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibe
Verb
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The plans, mocked up by Populous, include a sky bar overlooking the pitch, a stadium roof-walk experience, a 3,000-capacity fan zone, a 400-bed hotel (part of the Radisson group), a new club shop and museum.—
Tom Burrows,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Social media trends come and go, but one craze that appears to have outstayed its welcome is the desire to mock millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Despite the show's ruminations revolving around Dorian's ego, there is no vanity in this performance where Snook sweats, sneers, and dashes across stage.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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One is Giovanni Battista Moroni’s Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1575), in which a leery-eyed woman stares down at her viewer, pressing her lips into the faintest of sneers.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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He was often ridiculed by contemporaries, including renowned adherents of the Nation of Islam such as Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, as being too actively focused on integration and too passively focused on Black empowerment, critiques of the Black political establishment that persist today.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Hill suggested that their friendship isn’t likely to end soon, even though Trump has supposedly complained in private about taunts suggesting that Musk is really the president or somehow pulling the strings, The Independent reported.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
14 Mar. 2025
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Not to play games and not to engage in schoolyard taunts.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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On March 13, Trump derided trans women in sports during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
21 Mar. 2025
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Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The apparent diss follows Rocky’s recent legal victory over Relli, as he was found not guilty of felony assault charges, dodging a potential 24-year prison sentence.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Cave addressed the ubiquity of the diss in his open-forum fan Q&A, The Red Hand Files, on Wednesday.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And fans eagerly cheer or jeer players and managers who argue with the umpires.—
Arthur Daemmrich,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2025
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Trump gives update on potential buyers Other members have protested without censure In other State of the Union speeches or joint addresses to Congress by the president, representatives have jeered or interrupted speeches, sometimes without consequence.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The dispute stems from last year’s feud wherein Drake and Lamar traded increasingly personal and unverified insults in a series of songs.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tariffs on Canadian exports and repeated insults by President Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state have Canadians pushing back with a term hockey fans may be familiar with.—
Jalen Williams,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Gibe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibe. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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