1. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
   "The two versions of the story don't quite jibe";
   - match, fit, correspond, check, gibe, tally, agree, marry, marry up, square
    
2. (nautical) shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind
   "The sail jibed wildly";
   - gybe [Brit, Cdn], jib, change course

1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
   "his parting jibe was 'drop dead'";
   - shot, shaft, slam, dig [informal], barb, gibe

Derived forms: jibes, jibed, jibing

Type of: be, comment, input, remark, sail

Encyclopedia: Jibe