gibe

«gibe» in Mova's school dictionary: a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (gibe, gibes)

meaning for a pupil

A gibe is a mocking remark, meant to hurt someone's feelings or make them look foolish. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a bully throws gibes at a shy boy, and the boy feels small

examples

• He ignored the gibes of the other boys. tree →
• Her cruel gibes made him cry. tree →
• The king laughed at the gibe. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gibe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.