Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - gibbs

 I. biographical name James 1682-1754 British architect  II. biographical name J(osiah) Willard 1839-1903 American mathematician & physicist GIBE  or jibe  verb  (~d or jibed; gibing or jibing)  Etymology: perhaps from Middle French ~r to shake, handle roughly  Date: 1567  intransitive verb to utter taunting words  transitive verb to deride or tease with taunting words  Synonyms: see scoff  • ~ or jibe noun  • ~r or jiber noun