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Definition of gybe verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gybe

verb
 
/dʒaɪb/
 
/dʒaɪb/
(also jibe)
[intransitive] (specialist)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gybe
 
/dʒaɪb/
 
/dʒaɪb/
he / she / it gybes
 
/dʒaɪbz/
 
/dʒaɪbz/
past simple gybed
 
/dʒaɪbd/
 
/dʒaɪbd/
past participle gybed
 
/dʒaɪbd/
 
/dʒaɪbd/
-ing form gybing
 
/ˈdʒaɪbɪŋ/
 
/ˈdʒaɪbɪŋ/
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  1. to change direction when sailing with the wind behind you, by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other compare tack (3)
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete Dutch gijben.

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