Gibe vs Jive - What's the difference?
gibe | jive |
A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
* 1603 , , Hamlet , act 5, scene 1:
To perform a jibe (2, 3).
To agree.
To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
(ambitransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
* Jonathan Swift
* Jonathan Swift
(transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
(colloquial) To dance.
A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
Swing, a style of jazz music.
A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
(US, colloquial) Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
African American Vernacular English.
(US)
As a proper noun gibe
is .As a verb jive is
(transitive|intransitive|us|colloquial) to deceive; to be deceptive or jive can be (us).As a noun jive is
a dance style popular in the 1940–50s.gibe
English
Alternative forms
* gybe * jibeNoun
(en noun)- Hamlet : Alas, poor Yorick! . . . Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Verb
(en-verb)- That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.
- Draw the beasts as I describe them, / From their features, while I gibe them.
- Fleer and gibe , and laugh and flout.
Anagrams
*jive
English
Etymology 1
Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural-American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Possible historical antecedent: see gyveVerb
(jiv)- Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
- You can dance, you can jive , having the time of your life; ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen! (")
Noun
(en noun)- Don’t give me that jive . I know where you were last night.