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English to English noun
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an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect |  | Example: his parting shot was `drop dead'
she threw shafts of sarcasm
she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
source: wordnet30 verb
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be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | | Example: The two stories don't agree in many details
The handwriting checks with the signature on the check
The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
source: wordnet30
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shift from one side of the ship to the other | | Example: The sail jibbed wildly
source: wordnet30
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To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe. | | source: webster1913
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To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe. | | source: webster1913
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