- jibe
- "agree, fit," 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (see jib). OED, however, suggests a phonetic variant of chime, as if meaning "to chime in with, to be in harmony."
- jibe
- 1567, perhaps from M.Fr. giber "to handle roughly," or an alteration of gaber "to mock."