GYBE


Meaning of GYBE in English

[ dʒʌɪb ]

( US jibe ) Sailing

■ verb change course by swinging the sail across a following wind.

↘(of a sail or boom) swing across the wind.

■ noun an act of gybing.

Origin

C17: from obs. Du. gijben .

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