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gybe
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /d?a?b/
- Rhymes: -a?b
Etymology 1
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 gjib (obsolete), gjip (“act of gybing; a boom”).
Verb
gybe (third-person singular simple present gybes, present participle gybing, simple past and past participle gybed)
- (transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
- (intransitive, nautical) 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.
- (intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
- (by extension, obsolete) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
Usage notes
Sense 3 (“to change tack”) is generally used of boats and other small sailing craft; the corresponding manoeuvre in a sailing ship is wear.
Translations
Noun
gybe (plural gybes)
- (nautical) 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.
- (by extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
Translations
Alternative forms
- gibe
- jibe (now chiefly US)
Etymology 2
See jibe.
Noun
gybe (plural gybes)
- Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”)
Verb
gybe (third-person singular simple present gybes, present participle gybing, simple past and past participle gybed)
- Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”)
References
Anagrams
- g'bye
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ybe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- been, ybeen
Etymology
From Old English ?eb?on, past participle of b?on (“to be”); equivalent to y- +? be +? -en.
Verb
ybe
- past participle of been
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