jib

jib
Synonyms and related words:
avert, avoid, back down, balance, balk, balloon sail, batten, bear off, blench, blink, boggle, cringe, debate, deliberate, demur, dodge, draw aside, draw back, duck, ease off, edge off, evade, fade, fall back, falter, fear, fight shy, flinch, fly off, fly-by-night, flying kites, fore gaff-topsail, fore topgallant sail, fore-skysail, fore-topmast staysail, fore-topsail, foreroyal, foresail, forestaysail, gag, gee, glance, glance off, go off, hang back, haw, head off, hem and haw, hesitate, hover, hum and haw, jenny, jigger, jump, jump a mile, leg-of-mutton sail, loose-footed sail, lug, main gaff-topsail, main royal, main skysail, main-royal staysail, main-topsail, mainsail, make way for, mizzen, mizzen skysail, mizzen staysail, mizzen-royal staysail, mizzen-topgallant sail, moonraker, moonsail, move aside, panic, parachute spinnaker, pause, ponder, pull back, quail, recoil, reef, reef point, reel back, retreat, royal, scruple, sheer off, shilly-shally, shove aside, shrink, shrink back, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, skedaddle, skyscraper, spanker, spinnaker, spitfire, square sail, stampede, start, start aside, start back, startle, staysail, steer clear of, step aside, stern staysail, stick, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, storm trysail, straddle the fence, strain, strain at, stumble, swerve, switch, think twice about, topsail, trysail, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer off, weasel, weasel out, wince, withdraw, yield

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  • Jib — (j[i^]b), n. [Named from its shifting from side to side. See {Jib}, v. i.., {Jibe}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Naut.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jib — jib1 [jib] n. [prob. < GIBBET] 1. the projecting arm of a crane 2. the boom of a derrick jib2 [jib] vi., vt. jibbed, jibbing [< Dan gibbe, to shift from one side to the other, jibe, akin to Du gijpen < IE ĝheib < base * …   English World dictionary

  • jib at — ˈjib at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they jib at he/she/it jibs at present participle jibbing at past tense jibbed at past participl …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jib — Jib, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Jibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jibbing}.] Also Jibb Jibb [Cf. {Jib} a sail, {Gybe}.] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jib — (n.) foresail of a ship, 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to GIBBET (Cf. gibbet), from notion of a sail hanging from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) shift a sail or boom (1690s), from Du. gijben, apparently… …   Etymology dictionary

  • jib — Ⅰ. jib [1] ► NOUN 1) Sailing a triangular staysail set forward of the mast. 2) the projecting arm of a crane. ORIGIN of unknown origin. Ⅱ. jib [2] ► VERB ( …   English terms dictionary

  • Jib — Jib, v. i. [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.] To move restively backward or sidewise, said of a horse; to balk. [Written also {jibb}.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • JIB — steht für: Flughafen Dschibuti in Dschibuti (IATA Code) Jazz Institut Berlin, Musikhochschule in Berlin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jib — Jib, dreieckiges Segel am Bugspriet …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • jib — [ dʒıb ] noun count 1. ) a small sail with three sides, near the front of a boat 2. ) the long arm of a CRANE used in building …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • jib — vb balk, shy, boggle, stickle, stick, strain, *demur, scruple …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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