This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
gibe
Pronounced: (jibe)
Verb:
laugh at with contempt and derision
Noun:
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
From Vocabulary.com: “Gibe can be a noun or a verb, but it’s usually a noun meaning an insult, a dis, something to be hurled at enemies, bad drivers, or ex-boyfriends. Gibe is sometimes spelled jibe, but that word has a different meaning and is usually a verb. Keep the g in gibe when referring to the mean words you utter at people who have done you wrong.”
Example:
“The buyer’s gibe about the home’s decor made its way back to the seller, and hurt feelings nearly nixed the offer.”
