Gibe

v. i. [imp. & p. p. GIBED; p. pr. & vb. n. GIBING.] [Prov. Fr. giber, jouer; O. Fr. gaber, to deride. See GABBLE.] To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.

That dry, barren, musty gibing which thou hast used of late. W. Scott.

To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to treat with sarcastic reflections; to taunt.

Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them. Swift.

n. An expression of censure mingled with contempt; a scoff; a railing; an expression of sarcastic scorn. Mark the fleers, the gibes, and the notable scorns, That dwell in every region of his face. Shak. With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. Tennyson.