Usually means: Statements that mock or criticize.
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  1. jibes: Merriam-Webster
  2. jibes: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. jibes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. jibes: Wiktionary
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  8. jibes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (jibe)

noun:  A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
verb:  (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
verb:  (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
verb:  (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree.
noun:  (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe [(nautical) The act of gybing.]
verb:  (nautical, now chiefly US) Alternative spelling of gybe [(transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.]
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