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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: JIBE22

jibe

1 noun
     
jibe1 , gibe [countable]
an unkind remark intended to make someone seem silly:
She was tired of his cheap jibes.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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