gybe

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaɪb/ Rhymes: -aɪb === Etymology 1 === Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa. The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gijb (obsolete), gijp (“act of gybing; a boom”). ==== Verb ==== gybe (third-person singular simple present gybes, present participle gybing, simple past and past participle gybed) (transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind. (intransitive, nautical) Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other. (intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel. (by extension, obsolete) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal. ===== Usage notes ===== Sense 3 (“to change tack”) is generally used of boats and other small sailing craft; the corresponding manoeuvre in a sailing ship is wear. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== gybe (plural gybes) (nautical) The act of gybing. A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in. A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other. (by extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation. ===== Alternative forms ===== gibe jibe (now chiefly US) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See jibe. ==== Noun ==== gybe (plural gybes) Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”). ==== Verb ==== gybe (third-person singular simple present gybes, present participle gybing, simple past and past participle gybed) Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”). === References === === Anagrams === g'bye