jib-bed
jibe1.
Also, jibb.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to move restively sidewise or backward instead of forward, as an animal in harness; balk.
2.
to balk at doing something; defer action; procrastinate.
noun
3.
a horse or other animal that jibs.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
2.
to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to jibe.
noun
4.
the act of jibing.
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gibe or jibe1 (dʒaɪb) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make jeering or scoffing remarks (at); taunt |
| —n | |
| 2. | a derisive or provoking remark |
| [C16: perhaps from Old French giber to treat roughly, of uncertain origin] | |
| jibe or jibe1 | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C16: perhaps from Old French giber to treat roughly, of uncertain origin] | |
| 'giber or jibe1 | |
| —n | |
| 'jiber or jibe1 | |
| —n | |
| 'gibingly or jibe1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'jibingly or jibe1 | |
| —adv | |
| gybe or nautical jibe (dʒaɪb) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) (of a fore-and-aft sail) to shift suddenly from one side of the vessel to the other when running before the wind, as the result of allowing the wind to catch the leech |
| 2. | to cause (a sailing vessel) to gybe or (of a sailing vessel) to undergo gybing |
| —n | |
| 3. | an instance of gybing |
| [C17: from obsolete Dutch gijben (now gijpen), of obscure origin] | |
| jibe or nautical jibe | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from obsolete Dutch gijben (now gijpen), of obscure origin] | |
| jib1 (dʒɪb) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | nautical any triangular sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel |
| 2. | cut of someone's jib someone's manner, behaviour, style, etc |
| 3. | obsolete |
| a. the lower lip, usually when it protrudes forwards in a grimace | |
| b. the face or nose | |
| [C17: of unknown origin] | |
| jib2 (dʒɪb) | |
| —vb , jibs, jibbing, jibbed | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | (of an animal) to stop short and refuse to go forwards: the horse jibbed at the jump |
| 3. | nautical variant of gybe |
| [C19: of unknown origin] | |
| 'jibber2 | |
| —n | |
| jib3 (dʒɪb) | |
| —n | |
| the projecting arm of a crane or the boom of a derrick, esp one that is pivoted to enable it to be raised or lowered | |
| [C18: probably based on | |
| jib4 (dʒɪb) | |
| —n | |
| dialect (South Wales) (often plural) a contortion of the face; a face: stop making jibs | |
| [special use of | |
| jibe, jib or jibb1 (dʒaɪb, dʒɪb) | |
| —vb, —n | |
| nautical variants of gybe | |
| jib, jib or jibb1 | |
| —vb, —n | |
| jibb, jib or jibb1 | |
| —vb, —n | |
| jibe, jib or jibb1 (dʒaɪb, dʒɪb) | |
| —vb, —n | |
| nautical variants of gybe | |
| jib, jib or jibb1 | |
| —vb, —n | |
| jibb, jib or jibb1 | |
| —vb, —n | |
| jibe2 (dʒaɪb) | |
| —vb | |
| a variant spelling of gibe | |
| 'jiber2 | |
| —n | |
| 'jibingly2 | |
| —adv | |
| jibe3 (dʒaɪb) | |
| —vb | |
| informal (intr) to agree; accord; harmonize | |
| [C19: of unknown origin] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
jib
"foresail of a ship," 1661, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1693), from Du. gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character
to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of his jib.
jibe
"agree, fit," 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (see jib). OED, however, suggests a phonetic variant of chime, as if meaning "to chime in with, to be in harmony."
jibe
1567, perhaps from M.Fr. giber "to handle roughly," or an alteration of gaber "to mock."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
jibe definition[dʒɑɪb]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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