GIBE
NOUNS
1340 ► JAPE a device to amuse; a merry or idle tale; a jest, a joke, a gibe → obs.
1573 ► FLIM-FLAM-FLIRT a nonsensical speech, a gibe, deceptive nonsense
1590 ► JERK a lash of sarcasm; a cutting gibe → obs.
1627 ► GABBERIES mockeries, gibes, jests, wily deceits → obs.
1656 ► QUIB a gibe, quip → obs.
1879 ► JAB a cutting remark → Sc.
1885 ► NAP a gibe, a sarcastic remark or reproof; a jeering way of speaking → Sc.
1898 ► DUNT a gibe , an insult → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BAB → BOB a taunt; a gibe → Sc. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1902 ► YOU ARE IRISH AND THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD’S POISON a jocular gibe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1394 ► FORGAB to defame, to publish the misdeeds of; to mock, gibe, deride → obs.
1592 ► QUIB to taunt, to gibe at, to quip → obs.
1825 ► BABBIS to scoff, to gibe → Sc. obs.
1861 ► LANT to jeer at; to gibe; to make a fool of → Sc.
1893 ► REAR to mock, to gibe; to scold → Eng. dial.
1896 ► JERRY to gibe; to chaff with malice → sl. (Bk.)
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