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also gybe (jīb) pronunciation Nautical.

v., jibed, also gybed, jib·ing, gyb·ing, jibes, gybes.

v.intr.
To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack.

v.tr.
To cause (a sail) to jibe.

n.
The act of jibing.

[Alteration (perhaps influenced by JIB1) of gybe, from obsolete Dutch gijben.]


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