'Gibe' is a word borrowed from French 'giber'. The word entered the English language some time around 1567.
gibe [verb] [1567]
- to utter taunting words
- to deride or tease with taunting words
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Etymology: Perhaps from Middle French 'giber' to shake, handle roughly
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