Synonyms of the word gybe


GYBEJIB - JIBE - SAIL

gybe

  • v. (nautical) To change tack with the wind crossing behind the boat. (Mostly used of boats and other small…
  • v. (nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail suddenly and forcefully from one side to the other, while sailing…
  • v. To sneer (see gibe.).
  • v. gybe at: to hesitate, vacillate, or balk when faced with a proposal, plan, or course of action. (Obsolete).
  • n. The act of gybing.
  • n. A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing.
  • n. A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation.
  • n. A sneer. (see gibe.).

jib

  • n. (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches…
  • n. (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of…
  • n. The projecting arm of a crane.
  • n. (metonymically) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
  • n. An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating,…
  • n. (dialectal) The under lip, the mouth, face, nose, or teeth.
  • v. (chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
  • v. To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).
  • v. (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
  • n. One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
  • n. A stationary condition; a standstill.

jibe

  • n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
  • v. (intransitive) To agree.
  • n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
  • v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
  • v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

sail

  • n. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the…
  • n. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
  • n. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
  • n. (dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail.
  • n. The blade of a windmill.
  • n. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
  • n. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
  • n. (fishing) A sailfish.
  • n. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids.
  • n. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
  • v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled…
  • v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
  • v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
  • v. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
  • v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
  • v. To move briskly.

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