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noun
The act of gybing.
A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
The act of gybing.
A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, obsolete
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verb
Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
shift from one side of the ship to the other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: jibe, jib, change course
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sail
History
Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa. The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gijb (obsolete), gijp (“act of gybing; a boom”).
See jibe.
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