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# How to pronounce "gibes" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/dʒɪbɛs/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **gi·bes**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "gibes" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "if it tempt you toward the flood my lord or to the dreadful summit of the cliff that beetles or his base into the sea and there assumes some other horrible I know not how oft where be your gibes now"
- **Watch at 192:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Y-tYrGBDc&t=11525s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> ""I I I'm impatient for battle. I have no interest in gibes or jokes. Please move away as I will move, and please do not mention your daughter. I do not know"
- **Watch at 40:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUEprfZhO9Q&t=2418s)

### Example 3
> "indeed, are you not? You're going to have a lot to say about what Labour's up to. >> You're going to have a lot of reason to do mockery, which is a big part of politics, and you're going to have lots of reasons to chuck gibes around, like two-year Kier. And it's going to be really fun, politically, for the opposition parties for a while."
- **Watch at 27:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8lTLp09mnA&t=1663s)

### Example 4
> "It will stay with me for the rest of my life. There's David Clancy, hairdresser in Ulverston, talking about how he turned having gibes thrown at him for being gay when he was younger, being kicked out of his own house by his parents for being gay and then having to move back into the house with his mum,"
- **Watch at 15:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEG0Tp-iLuo&t=918s)


## How to Pronounce "gibes"

- **Syllables**: gi · bes
- **IPA**: `/dʒɪbɛs/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[gib](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gib), [gibe](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibe)


## Related Pronunciations

[gibe](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibe), [gibed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibed), [gibel](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibel), [gib](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gib), [gibbed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibbed), [gibber](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibber), [gibbers](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibbers), [gibbet](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gibbet)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “gibes”?
“gibes” is pronounced /dʒɪbɛs/ (gi · bes). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “gibes”?
“gibes” has 2 syllables: gi · bes.

### What does “gibes” mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of gibe

### How can I hear “gibes” used in real sentences?
This page has 4 real-world video examples of “gibes” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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