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jib
1[ jib ]
noun
- any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail. Compare flying jib, inner jib.
- the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib.
adjective
- of or relating to a jib:
jib clew.
jib
2[ jib ]
verb (used with or without object)
- variants of jibe 3.
jib
3[ jib ]
verb (used without object)
- to move restively sidewise or backward instead of forward, as an animal in harness; balk.
- to balk at doing something; defer action; procrastinate.
noun
- a horse or other animal that jibs.
jib
4[ jib ]
noun
- the projecting arm of a crane.
- the boom of a derrick.
jib
1/ dʒɪb /
noun
- 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
jib
2/ dʒɪb /
noun
- dialect.often plural a contortion of the face; a face
stop making jibs
jib
3/ dʒɪb /
noun
- nautical any triangular sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- cut of someone's jibsomeone's manner, behaviour, style, etc
- obsolete.
- the lower lip, usually when it protrudes forwards in a grimace
- the face or nose
jib
4/ dʒɪb /
verb
- often foll by at to be reluctant (to); hold back (from); balk (at)
- (of an animal) to stop short and refuse to go forwards
the horse jibbed at the jump
- nautical variant of gybe
Derived Forms
- ˈjibber, noun
Other Words From
- jibber noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of jib1
Word History and Origins
Origin of jib1
Origin of jib2
Origin of jib3
Origin of jib4
Idioms and Phrases
- cut of one's jib, one's general appearance, mien, or manner:
I could tell by the cut of his jib that he wasn't the kind of person I'd want to deal with.
More idioms and phrases containing jib
see cut of one's jibExample Sentences
There were a couple of camera operators, one with a huge jib for all of the overhead sweeping shots.
"A real wilderness," cried Dr. Silence from his seat in the bows where he held the jib sheet.
In sailing the jib is worked to every puff, eased off or drawn in at every variation in direction or strength of wind.
The size of the jib is also influenced by the fact that it has to balance the equally enormous mainsail.
A broad reach on starboard followed, 'Vigilant' setting her balloon jib-topsail very smartly.
The breeze, which came from the northward by east, was growing, and jib topsails were pulled down when about ten miles off.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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