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jib
 
Noun jib has 1 sense
  1. jib - any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
    --1 is a kind of     fore-and-aft sail
    --1 has particulars: flying jib
    Derived form: verb jib2
Verb jib has 2 senses
  1. resist, balk, baulk, jib - refuse to comply
    --1 is one way to disobey
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. jibe, gybe, jib, change course - shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
    --2 is one way to sail
    Derived form: noun jib1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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