v.
Variant: also gybe
Pronunciation: ' j ī b
Function: verb
Inflected Form: jibed also gybed ; jib · ing also gyb · ing
Etymology: perhaps modification of Dutch gijben
Date: 1693
intransitive verb
1 : to shift suddenly and forcibly from one side to the other ― used of a fore-and-aft sail
2 : to change a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side
transitive verb : to cause to jibe
– jibe also gybe noun