change course, change direction, shift back and forth (Nautical)
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Gybe Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t. & i.)
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
(n.)
See Jib.
See Jib.
(n. & v.)
See Gibe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSee Gibe.
gybe
\gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. gybed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. gybing.] [see jibe.] (naut.) to shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [also jibe.]
gybe
\gybe\ (jīb), n. & v. see gibe.
gybe
v : shift from one side of the ship to the other; "the sail jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, jib, change course]
Verb
1. shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
(synonym) jibe, jib, change course
(hypernym) sail
Gybe Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gybe may refer to:
- Gybe, an alternative spelling of jibe, a sailing maneuver
- Chinese gybe, a type of jibe
- To deride or tease with taunting words, also spelt "gibe" or "jibe" and done with a Sneer
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a Canadian post-rock band, commonly abbreviated to GYBE
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor! and commonly abbreviated to GYBE or GY!BE) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated from Montreal, Quebec in 1994. They were the first outside act to release their recordings through Constellation, an influential independent record label also located in Montreal.
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