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1. (n.) jib
any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail.
2. jib
the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib.
3. (v.i.) jib
to balk (usu. fol by at).
4. (n.) jib
the projecting arm of a crane.
5. jib
the boom of a derrick.
Etymology: (1755–65; appar. short for gibbet)
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1. (verb) jib
any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
2. (verb) resist, balk, baulk, jib
refuse to comply
3. (verb) jibe, gybe, jib, change course
shift from one side of the ship to the other
"The sail jibbed wildly"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) jib
a triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc
2. (verb) jib
the projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended
3. (verb) jib
to move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk
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Sense: a three-cornered sail on the front mast of a ship.
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 Afrikaans: kluiwer |
 Arabic: شِراع مُثَلَّث |
 Bulgarian: кливер |
 Brazilian: bujarrona |
 Czech: kosatka |
 German: der Klüver |
 Danish: fok |
 Greek: φλόκος |
 Spanish: foque |
 Estonian: kliiver |
 Farsi: بادبان سه گوش جلوی کشتی |
 Finnish: viistopurje |
 French: foc |
 Hebrew: מִפרָש חָלוּץ |
 Hindi: क्रेन की बाहे जिससे चीजे |
 Croatian: flok, prečka |
 Hungarian: orrvitorla |
 Indonesian: layar segitiga |
 Icelandic: fokka, framsegl |
 Italian: fiocco |
 Japanese: 船首三角帆 |
 Korean: 지브(선수의 삼각형 돛) |
 Lithuanian: kliveris |
 Latvian: klīveris |
 Malay: layar cucur |
 Dutch: kluiver |
 Norwegian: fokk |
 Polish: kliwer |
 Persian: بادبان سه گوش جلوی کشتی |
 Pashto: درى اړخيز بادوان چې دبيړۍ |
 Portuguese: bujarrona |
 Romanian: trincă |
 Russian: кливер |
 Slovak: kosatka |
 Slovenian: prednje trikotno jadro, f |
 Serbian: prikosnik |
 Swedish: klyvare |
 Thai: ใบเรือผืนเล็กทิ่อยู่หน้าใ |
 Turkish: flok yelkeni |
 Taiwanese: 船首三角帆 |
 Ukrainian: клівер |
 Urdu: جہاز کے اگلے مستول سے بند |
 Vietnamese: cánh buồm tam giác |
 Chinese: 船首三角帆 |
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