Translations for „gibe“ in the English » German Dictionary

gibe N VB intr

gibe → jibe

See also jibe

I . jibe [ʤaɪb] N

jibe

Stichelei f

jibe

verletzende Bemerkung

to indulge in jibes at other people's expense

sich acc auf Kosten anderer lustig machen

II . jibe [ʤaɪb] VB intr

1. jibe (insult, mock):

to jibe at sth

über etw acc spötteln

2. jibe Am, Aus inf (correspond):

to jibe with sth

mit etw dat übereinstimmen [o. form konform gehen]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Fortunately, after a few hours the wrong gybe, the wind moved around and it became the right gibe.

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His gibes procured him many enemies.

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T is said they live together less happily than "before" they married ran one gibe.

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The two of them still bring up the gibe onstage occasionally.

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There are humorous shepherd songs, which do not contain any biting mockery, but are good-natured gibes, with scenes from the everyday life of a shepherd.

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A function in which there are gibes and laughs seems inappropriate for a time when the line between comedy and tragedy has never been thinner.

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Where be your gibes now?

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Of these, only the fourth carried his name, but he took on easily the role of polemicist, both lofty and resorting to low gibes and scurrility.

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The worst lasted some three hours and when the wind veered, we needed to gibe in 40 knots.

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The comment was meant as a gibe to make people think.

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