English to Afrikaans Meaning of gibe - skimp

Gibe :

skimp

noun

haat, minagting, vyandskap, fobie, skimp, spot, verwaarlosing, verontagsaming, bespotting, vasvra, ironie

verb

haat, walglik, hekel, minag, kyk neer op, skimp, lag, lag vir, vasvra, bespotting, spot, beledig, verkeerd noem, kaf, ignoreer, omgord, hoon

Gibe :: skimpGibed :: gibedGibes :: gibesGibing :: gibing

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Definitions of gibe in English

Noun(1) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Verb(1) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics(2) laugh at with contempt and derision

Examples of gibe in English

(1) some cynics in the media might gibe(2) Briggs smiled at that, but Deidre ignored the gibe .(3) a gibe at his old rivals(4) Three hours later, he emerged from the office waving a batch of handwritten pages and delivering a gibe : ├ö├ç├┐You want to read it?├ö├ç├û(5) She crossed her arms across her chest with a defiant look as if expecting him to gibe her.(6) We boasted the ├ö├ç├┐world's longest byline├ö├ç├û at the time and would gibe that we had to print ├ö├ç├┐byline continued on next page├ö├ç├û when we ran their pieces.(7) Judith couldn't resist the gibe and regretted it as soon as Emma rounded on her.(8) The gibe could not be further off the mark, for he is in fact a very proud Jew.(9) However, at another level, the nettles may be emblematic of the comments and gibes of women and men.(10) Scholars contend that men from various African tribes regularly traded gibes about each other's mother.(11) The Shakespearian gibes are by far the most creative.(12) On the way some had salutations for her and some had gibes .(13) Both editors offered high-minded defences for their cheap gibes .(14) ├ö├ç├┐It was only through the media that I came to know there are such short-cuts to winning national awards,├ö├ç├û he gibes .(15) Such objections may be seen as the sort of caviling and gibing that often greets attempts to speak across the divide between science and literature.(16) Maybe you chide the folks for owning them when you return for a visit, making knee-jerk gibes at the handlebar mustaches, leisure suits and ironed hair that their sleeves depict.

Synonyms

Noun

1. snide remark ::

snedige opmerking

2. dig ::

grawe

Verb

3. jeer ::

hoon

4. correspond ::

ooreenstem

Different Forms

gibe, gibed, gibes, gibing

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