Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
giber .
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Examples
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I would have done more if I had not had to step between Zak and some sailor who thought him a jiber.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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Ahead I saw the cable I would have to hold, and on it a jiber who ran along it to reach the place.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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By the time I had my pistol clear of the holster, the jiber was hurtling over the unlucky seaman's body.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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A wild-haired jiber with the teeth of an atrox tried to beat down my blade with a mace of pipe.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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I had not increased the pistol's setting, but Sidero must have; the gout of energy that struck the jiber blew him apart, pieces of his dismembered body flying by my head in a paroxysmal flock.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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He had been a jiber, true; but who could say he had chosen that allegiance freely?
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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I have seen your jiber jabber on planty of threads concerning people who have been MURDERED.
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I have seen your jiber jabber on planty of threads concerning people who have been MURDERED.
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With that jiber -- "His eyes flickered toward Zak.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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"Bow-puller, jiber, thy bow for thy glorying, spyer at virgins!
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
Telofy commented on the word jiber
"Or maybe a sailor will fight with an officer and get written up for punishment. Then he'll go off and join the jibers. We call them that because it's what you say a boat does when she makes a turn you don't want—she jibes." -- Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
The space ship is so vast and ancient that various completely independent cultures have formed, plus sub-cultures, in this case the utterly undergroundy jibers.
October 1, 2008