gybe
/d͡ʒaɪb/ · verb
Meaning
- To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
- Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
- Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
- Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
- The act of gybing.
- A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
- A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
- A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
- Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).
Etymology / origin
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”).
- gijb(nl)→
- gipa(sv)→
- gieben(de)→
- gibbe(da)→
- gijben(nl)→
- gybe (English)
- Relations: der, cog, cog, cog, der
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