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gybe

American

[jahyb] / dʒaɪb /

verb (used without object)

gybed, gybing

jibe.

gybe British

/ dʒaɪb /

verb

(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
to cause (a sailing vessel) to gybe or (of a sailing vessel) to undergo gybing

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noun

an instance of gybing

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Etymology

Origin of gybe

C17: from obsolete Dutch gijben (now gijpen ), of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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As noun, means result; as verb, means to bring Page 39: they ma ybe, are not properly facts. they may be, are not properly facts.

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