jib

noun

/dʒɪb/

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a small sail in front of the large sail on a boatTopics Transport by waterc2
the arm of a crane that lifts things

Word Originnoun mid 17th cent.: of unknown origin.

verb

/dʒɪb/

[intransitive] (old-fashioned, informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they jib	/dʒɪb/ /dʒɪb/
he / she / it jibs	/dʒɪbz/ /dʒɪbz/
past simple jibbed	/dʒɪbd/ /dʒɪbd/
past participle jibbed	/dʒɪbd/ /dʒɪbd/
-ing form jibbing	/ˈdʒɪbɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɪbɪŋ/

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jib (at something/at doing something) to be unwilling to do or accept something
- She agreed to attend but jibbed at making a speech.
Word Originverb early 19th cent.: perhaps related to French regimber (earlier regiber) ‘to buck, rear’; compare with jibe.