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

gybe

noun
 
/dʒaɪb/
 
/dʒaɪb/
(also jibe)
(specialist)
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  1. an act of changing direction when sailing with the wind behind you, by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete Dutch gijben.

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