Gybe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Variant of jibe1.
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  • v. To change tack with the wind crossing behind the boat. (Mostly used of boats and other small sailing craft — the corresponding manoeuver in a sailing ship is to wear.)
  • v. To shift a fore-and-aft sail suddenly and forcefully from one side to the other, while sailing before the wind. (also jibe.)
  • v. To sneer (see gibe.)
  • v. gybe at: to hesitate, vacillate, or balk when faced with a proposal, plan, or course of action. (Obsolete)
  • n. The act of gybing.
  • n. A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing.
  • n. A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation.
  • n. A sneer. (see gibe.)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-and-verb. See gibe.
  • v. To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of gibe.
  • An obsolete spelling of jibe.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. shift from one side of the ship to the other
    • Verb Form
    gybed    gybes    gybing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sail   
    Variant
    gibe    jibe   
    Form
    gybed    gybing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shift   
     
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