jib

1. 1.

   any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

   Broaderfore-and-aft sail

   Narrowerflying jib

Other forms of jib

plural

jibs·

past tense or participle

jibbed

present participle

jibbing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jib

What does jib mean?

jib means "refuse to comply". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jib?

jib has 1 syllable: jib. In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪb/.

What is another word for jib?

Close synonyms include resist, balk, baulk, jibe, gybe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jib a common word?

jib is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.