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Noun: jib  jib
  1. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
Verb: jib (jibbed,jibbing)  jib
  1. Refuse to comply
    - resist, balk, baulk [Brit]
     
  2. Shift from one side of the ship to the other
    "The sail jibbed wildly"
    - jibe, gybe [Brit, Cdn], change course

Derived forms: jibbed, jibs, jibbing

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

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