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or jibed
as in ridiculed
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play
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Recent Examples of gibed
The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
This forced the British to make jibes to get down to the bottom of the course while the Americans jibed just once, and that was the deciding factor in securing what went on to be an easy victory.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Even the acronym of GPS jibed with her view of how a kid’s own resourcefulness could be used as an inner compass.
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Shawn Price,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
But the idea that many companies are struggling to achieve substantial returns jibed with another recent survey, by Akkodis, a multinational consulting firm.
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John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
This forced the British to make jibes to get down to the bottom of the course while the Americans jibed just once, and that was the deciding factor in securing what went on to be an easy victory.
—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Even the acronym of GPS jibed with her view of how a kid’s own resourcefulness could be used as an inner compass.
—
Shawn Price,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
But the idea that many companies are struggling to achieve substantial returns jibed with another recent survey, by Akkodis, a multinational consulting firm.
—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibed
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Multiple hospital stays became fodder for school bullies, who also ridiculed his size.
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Each of these societies deplored and ridiculed the other.
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That single test would have stopped Tank Day before a designer ever mocked up a poster.
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On Wednesday, Smith mocked the team's trade for Walker Kessler, pairing him with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
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“Gibed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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