jib

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /dʒɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

A jib, left, compared to a (roughly 150%) genoa jib, right.

Alternative forms

• jibe (archaic)

Noun

jib (plural jibs)

1. (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
2. (nautical) Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
3. The projecting arm of a crane
4. An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, inline skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.

Derived terms

Terms derived from jib

cut of one’s jib flying jib genoa jib

inner jib jib header jib headed

jib topsail outer jib storm jib

Translations

basic jib

Catalan: floc m. Czech: kosatka (cs) f. Dutch: fok (nl) Finnish: fokka (fi) French: foc (fr) m.

German: Fock (de) f. Hungarian: orrvitorla (hu) Icelandic: fokka (is) f. Spanish: foque m.

any of a variety of triangular sails

Finnish: keulapurje (fi)

Icelandic: framsegl (is) n.

projecting arm of a crane

Finnish: puomi (fi), jigi (fi)

Icelandic: lyftiarmur (is) m., bóma (is) f.

See also

• asymmetrical spinnaker
• blooper
• deck sweeper
• drifter
• genoa

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin.

Verb

jib (third-person singular simple present jibs, present participle jibbing, simple past and past participle jibbed)

1. Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
2. (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:

     Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls [...].

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Rafsi

jib

1. Rafsi of jibri.