JIB (jibbed, jibbing)

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Irregular inflected forms: jibbed    , jibbing   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jib mean? 

• JIB (noun)
  The noun JIB has 1 sense:

1. any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

  Familiarity information: JIB used as a noun is very rare.

• JIB (verb)
  The verb JIB has 2 senses:

1. refuse to comply

2. shift from one side of the ship to the other

  Familiarity information: JIB used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JIB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jib" is a kind of...):

fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jib"):

flying jib (the outermost of two or more jibs)

Derivation:

jib (shift from one side of the ship to the other)

• JIB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jib    ... he / she / it jibs   
Past simple: jibbed   
Past participle: jibbed   
-ing form: jibbing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refuse to comply

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

balk; baulk; jib; resist

Hypernyms (to "jib" is one way to...):

disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shift from one side of the ship to the other

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

change course; gybe; jib; jibe

Context example:

The sail jibbed wildly

Hypernyms (to "jib" is one way to...):

sail (travel on water propelled by wind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

jib (any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast))

 Context examples 

I pulled till I burst open the ends of all my fingers; and while I pulled, the flying-jib and staysail split their cloths apart and thundered into nothingness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The schooner trembled to her keel under the reverse, but next moment, the other sails still drawing, the jib flapped back again and hung idle.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

She inquired of the gardener where his boy was, but he smiled, and said: “He has just come home on his three-legged horse, and the others have been mocking him, and crying: “Here comes our hobblety jib back again!”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

As for Jo, she would have gone up and sat on the maintop jib, or whatever the high thing is called, made friends with the engineers, and tooted on the captain's speaking trumpet, she'd have been in such a state of rapture.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Two hours of terrible work followed, in which all hands of us—two hunters, three sailors, Wolf Larsen and I—reefed, first one and then the other, the jib and mainsail.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The jibs I speedily doused and brought tumbling to the deck, but the main-sail was a harder matter.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When they had gone forth, he went into the stable, and led the horse out; it was lame of one foot, and limped hobblety jib, hobblety jib; nevertheless he mounted it, and rode away to the dark forest.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

'Up with the jib, reef the tops'l halliards, helm hard alee, and man the guns!' roared the captain, as a Portuguese pirate hove in sight, with a flag black as ink flying from her foremast. 'Go in and win, my hearties!' says the captain, and a tremendous fight began. Of course the British beat—they always do.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I went forward and took my station at the jibs.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The HISPANIOLA was under her main-sail and two jibs, and the beautiful white canvas shone in the sun like snow or silver.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)