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jib

2[jib] verb (used without object), verb (used with object), jibbed, jib⋅bing, noun Nautical
jibe 1 .
Also, jibb.

jibe

1[jahyb] verb, jibed, jib⋅ing, noun Nautical
–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.
Also, gibe, gybe, jib, jibb.


Origin:
1685–95; var. of gybe < D gijben, more commonly gijpen
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