giber
31gibe — [dʒaıb] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French giber to handle roughly ] another spelling of ↑jibe …
32jibe — jibe1 gibe [dʒaıb] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: JIBE22] an unkind remark intended to make someone seem silly ▪ She was tired of his cheap jibes. jibe 2 jibe2 v [Sense: 1; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Origin unknown.] [S …
33gimcrack — 1610s, showy person; sense of trifle first recorded 1839; of uncertain origin, perhaps alteration of gibecrake, a kind of ornament on wooden furniture (mid 14c.), perhaps from O.Fr. giber to rattle, shake + M.E. crak sharp noise, crack. In 18c.… …
34jibe — {{11}}jibe (n.) 1560s, perhaps from M.Fr. giber to handle roughly, or an alteration of gaber to mock. {{12}}jibe (v.) agree, fit, 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib, gybe (v.) shift a sail or boom (see JIB (Cf …
35jibe — jibe1 (also gibe) noun an insulting or mocking remark. verb make jibes. Origin C16: perh. from OFr. giber handle roughly (in mod. dialect kick ); cf. jib2. jibe2 verb &noun US variant of gybe. jibe3 verb N. Amer …
36girder — n. 1. Main beam. 2. Sneerer, giber, sarcastic derider …
37mocker — n 1. ridiculer, jeerer, giber, taunter; teaser, banterer, spoofer, Sl. kidder; sneerer, derider, flouter, scoffer, spurner; scorner, contemner, insulter, assailer, abuser. 2. mimic, ape, monkey, parrot, echo, imitator, mime, impersonator;… …
38quipster — n giber, Sl. wisecracker, Sl. wisenheimer, smart aleck, Sl. kidder; joker, jester, wag, wit, Goodman Ace, humorist, gagman, gagger, gagster, gag writer; jokesmith; punster, epigrammist, aphorizer; quibbler, niggler, carper, caviler …
39gibe — or jibe II [[t]dʒaɪb[/t]] v. gibed, gib•ing, n. 1) to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer 2) to taunt; deride 3) a taunting or sarcastic remark • Etymology: 1560–70; perh. < MF giber to handle roughly, shake, der. of gibe staff, billhook… …
40gimcrack — gim•crack [[t]ˈdʒɪmˌkræk[/t]] n. 1) a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw; trinket 2) showy but useless • Etymology: 1625–35; alter. of ME gib(e) crake; cf. ME gibben to waver (< OF giber to shake) …
