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US
/ˈdʒɪb/
]
[ UK /dʒˈɪb/ ]
[ UK /dʒˈɪb/ ]
VERB
- refuse to comply
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shift from one side of the ship to the other
The sail jibbed wildly
NOUN
- any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
How To Use jib In A Sentence
- All the miracle of sails; the steady foresail; the sensitive jibs; the press canvas delicate as bubbles; the reliable main; the bluff topsails; topgallants like eager horses; the impertinent skysails; the jaunty moonraker, were just canvas stretched on poles. The Wind Bloweth
- Her story didn't jibe with the witnesses'account.
- She jibed constantly at the way he ran his business.
- a Djiboutian storyteller
- Last month, Najib said the government would establish a bi- partisan parliamentary committee to review changes to electoral rules, and that authorities would also consider amending laws governing censorship of print media. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
- Many nights, I have cried myself to sleep over such cruel jibes. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘It's meant to be’ jibes Danilo as he storms off the Westmorland Hall stage with such splendid melodrama he almost pushes conductor Wyn Davies into his illustrious players.
- We have all our jibs there and we owe them sooooooooo much money any way. What to expect in Senate's Saturday health care vote
- Sevan, who was in Kabul when Najibullah bolted, spent the week frantically trying to coax the new leaders to stick with the peace plan. The End Of A Superpower Proxy War
- There is also some automatic service nike mad jibe shoes without anybody in the hotel toilet.