The word "jibe" (jibed; jibing) is an intransitive verb that means:
- to be in accord
- agree — which is usually used with the word "with."
Example: a story that doesn't jibe with the facts. According to Merriam-Webster, the first known usage is from 1813. A recent
example from the web from the AP in Washington: "President Donald Trump’s new communications aide is deleting old tweets that didn’t
jibe with his boss’ views."
I looked it up after using it in a private message to a friend on Facebook.
"The woman gave me directions which jibed with the google map."
When I looked up "jibe," I also discovered it's an alternate spelling for "jib," one of the sails on a sailboat. In 1968, we bought a sailboat and named it Blue Streak, because we talked a "blue
streak" before deciding to buy it and because it was a
19-foot Lightning class sailboat. (I found this labeled photo at
Brit Word of the Day.)
Here's the difference in pronunciation: "jib" rhymes with "rib," and "jibe" rhymes with "tribe." Since I use both words, I'll stick with the two different spellings.
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