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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jib1 or jibb /dʒɪb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Nautical, Naval Termsa triangular sail set in front of other sails on a ship.
Idioms- Idioms cut of one's jib, style;
appearance:I could tell by the cut of his jib that he was important.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jib1 ( jib),USA pronunciation n. [Naut.]- Nautical, Naval Termsany of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail. Cf. flying jib, inner jib. See diag. under ship.
- Nautical, Naval Termsthe inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib.
- Idioms cut of one's jib, one's general appearance, mien, or manner:I could tell by the cut of his jib that he wasn't the kind of person I'd want to deal with.
adj. - Nautical, Naval Termsof or pertaining to a jib:jib clew.
- origin, originally uncertain 1655–65
- Nautical, Naval Termsjibe1.
Also, jibb. jib3 ( jib),USA pronunciation v., jibbed, jib•bing, n. [Chiefly Brit.]v.i. - British Termsto move restively sidewise or backward instead of forward, as an animal in harness;
balk. - British Termsto balk at doing something;
defer action;
procrastinate.
n. - British Termsa horse or other animal that jibs.
- perh. special use of jib2 1805–15
- Civil Engineeringthe projecting arm of a crane.
- Civil Engineeringthe boom of a derrick.
- apparently short for gibbet 1755–65
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