jibe1
or gibe, gybe, jib, jibb
- to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
- to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.
- to cause to jibe.
- the act of jibing.
Origin of jibe1
jib2
or jibb
Examples from the Web for jibb
Historical Examples
After enduring this life for several weeks, I managed to make my escape one day while Mrs. Jibb was cleaning my cage.
The Joyous Story of TotoLaura E. Richards
jib1
- nautical any triangular sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- cut of someone's jib someone's manner, behaviour, style, etc
- obsolete
- the lower lip, usually when it protrudes forwards in a grimace
- the face or nose
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jib2
- (often foll by at) to be reluctant (to); hold back (from); balk (at)
- (of an animal) to stop short and refuse to go forwardsthe horse jibbed at the jump
- nautical variant of gybe
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jib3
- 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
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jib4
- (often plural) South Wales dialect a contortion of the face; a facestop making jibs
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jibe1
jib or jibb (dʒɪb)
- nautical variants of gybe
jibe2
- a variant spelling of gibe 1
jibe3
- (intr) informal to agree; accord; harmonize
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Word Origin and History for jibb
jib
n.
"foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch 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 (one's) jib "personal appearance" (1821).
jibe
v.
"agree, fit," 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib, gybe (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." Related: Jibed; jibes; jibing.
jibe
n.
1560s, perhaps from Middle French giber "to handle roughly," or an alteration of gaber "to mock."
Idioms and Phrases with jibb
jib
see cut of one's jib