giber

  • 41jibe — [1] (also gibe) ► NOUN ▪ an insulting or mocking remark. ► VERB ▪ make jibes. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French giber handle roughly : related to JIB(Cf. ↑jibber) …

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  • 42gimcrack — [jim′krak΄] adj. [altered < ME gibbecrak, an ornament, prob. < gibben, to be erratic (< OFr giber) + crak, a bursting sound] showy but cheap and useless n. a cheap, showy, useless thing …

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  • 44gib´er — gibe «jyb», verb, gibed, gib|ing, noun. –v.i. to speak in a sneering way; jeer; scoff; sneer: »My brother gibed at my efforts to paint a picture. He would familiarly gibe and jest with him (Edmund Spenser). SYNONYM( …

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