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gybe

US/d͡ʒaɪb/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

shift from one side of the ship to the other

  • “The sail jibbed wildly”
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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”).

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