Jib
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English
Noun
Jib (plural Jibs)- (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
- (nautical) Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
- The projecting arm of a crane
- An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, inline skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
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Verb
Jib (third-person singular simple present Jibs, present participle jibbing, simple past and past participle jibbed)
- Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
- (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:
- Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls [...].
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:
Thesaurus
avert, avoid, back down, balance, balk, balloon sail, batten, bear off, blench, blink, boggle, cringe, debate, deliberate, demur, dodge, draw aside, draw back, duck, ease off, edge off, evade, fade, fall back, falter, fear, fight shy, flinch, fly off, fly-by-night, flying kites, fore gaff-topsail, fore topgallant sail, fore-skysail, fore-topmast staysail, fore-topsail, foreroyal, foresail, forestaysail, gag, gee, glance, glance off, go off, hang back, haw, head off, hem and haw, hesitate, hover, hum and haw, jenny, jigger, jump, jump a mile, leg-of-mutton sail, loose-footed sail, lug, main gaff-topsail, main royal, main skysail, main-royal staysail, main-topsail, mainsail, make way for, mizzen, mizzen skysail, mizzen staysail, mizzen-royal staysail, mizzen-topgallant sail, moonraker, moonsail, move aside, panic, parachute spinnaker, pause, ponder, pull back, quail, recoil, reef, reef point, reel back, retreat, royal, scruple, sheer off, shilly-shally, shove aside, shrink, shrink back, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, skedaddle, skyscraper, spanker, spinnaker, spitfire, square sail, stampede, start, start aside, start back, startle, staysail, steer clear of, step aside, stern staysail, stick, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, storm trysail, straddle the fence, strain, strain at, stumble, swerve, switch, think twice about, topsail, trysail, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer off, weasel, weasel out, wince, withdraw, yield
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- jibe (archaic)
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin.
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