JIBE


Meaning of JIBE in English

jibe 1

/juyb/ , v. , jibed, jibing , n. Naut.

v.i.

1. to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.

2. to alter course so that a fore-and-aft sail shifts in this manner.

v.t.

3. to cause to jibe.

n.

4. the act of jibing.

Also, gibe, gybe, jib, jibb .

[ 1685-95; var. of gybe gijben, more commonly gijpen ]

jibe 2

/juyb/ , v.i., v.t., jibed, jibing , n.

gibe 1 .

jibe 3

/juyb/ , v.i. , jibed, jibing .

to be in harmony or accord; agree: The report does not quite jibe with the commissioner's observations.

[ 1805-15, Amer.; orig. uncert. ]

Syn . conform, accord, fit.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .