English to English
jibe
(/dZ//aI/b
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noun (n)
verb (v)
- shift from one side of the ship to the other(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.(verb)source: webster1913
- To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe,
v. t. , and Gybe.(verb)source: webster1913