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Noun: jib  jib
  1. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
    "The sailor adjusted the jib to catch more wind"
Verb: jib (jibbed,jibbing)  jib
  1. Refuse to comply
    "The new employee jibbed at working overtime";
    - resist, balk, baulk [Brit]
     
  2. (nautical) shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind
    "The sail jibbed wildly";
    - jibe, gybe [Brit, Cdn], change course

Derived forms: jibbed, jibbing, jibs

Type of: disobey, fore-and-aft sail, sail

Encyclopedia: Jib, Jerusalem