jib
pronunciation
How to pronounce jib in British English:
UK [dʒɪb]
How to pronounce jib in American English:
US [dʒɪb]
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- Noun:
- any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
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- Verb:
- refuse to comply
- shift from one side of the ship to the other
Word Origin
- jib (n.)
- "foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of (one's) jib "personal appearance" (1821).
Example
- 1. Ms. jib saw all these pictures already , correct ?
- 2. A large jib used on a racing yacht .
- 3. Installation of mill liner handler jib crane fixed post no.1 and 2 .
- 4. Jib are you listening ?
- 5. Ms. jib , is your heart still available ?