- the projecting arm of a crane
- the boom of a derrick
Origin of jib
probably from gibbet
A camera on a jib.
- The definition of a jib is an arm that sticks out of a crane, a triangular sail that stays in front of the mast, or an animal that stops and refuses to go back.
- An example of a jib is the part of a crane that reaches out to grab.
- An example of a jib is one of the sails on a sailboat.
- An example of a jib is a horse who suddenly stops running in a race.
- Jib is defined as to stop and not go back, or to make an adjustment in a sail so it will shift in the wind.
- An example of jib is to come to a halt in the middle of a race.
- An example of jib is to adjust the sails on a boat.
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jib
intransitive verb
transitive verb
jibbed, jib′bingNaut. to jibe (a sail or boom)
Origin of jib
from Danish gibbe, to shift from one side to the other, jibe, akin to Dutch gijpen from Indo-European ?heib- from base an unverified form ghe-, to yawn from source gape a triangular sail secured to a stay forward of the mast or foremast
Origin of jib
Dan gib: so named because it jibs: see jibthe intransitive verbtransitive verbjib Idioms
cut of one's jib
Informal one's appearance or way of dressing
intransitive verb
jibbed, jib′bing- to stop and refuse to go forward; balk
- to start or shy (at something)
Origin of jib
probably from jib an animal that jibs, as a horse
Origin of jib
prob. < jibintransitive verbWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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jib
noun
- Nautical A triangular headsail set with its luff fastened to a stay rising from the bow, bowsprit, or jib boom.
- a. The arm of a mechanical crane.b. The boom of a derrick.
Origin of jib
Origin unknownintransitive verb
jibbed, jib·bing, jibs- To stop short and turn restively from side to side; balk.
- To perform tricks by jumping onto and maneuvering over fixed obstacles such as railings or platforms. Used especially of snowboarders and skiers.
Origin of jib
Origin unknownRelated Forms:
- jib′ber
noun
jib2
Sina Candrian of Switzerland at the 2008 US Open Snowboarding Championships
Stratton Mountain, Vermont
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Noun
(plural jibs)
- (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.
- (nautical) Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
- The projecting arm of a crane
- (metonymically) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera
- 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.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present jibs, present participle jibbing, simple past and past participle jibbed)
- Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
- (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
Origin
Of uncertain origin.
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Sentence Examples
- In the Gartsherrie machine of Messrs Baird, the earliest of the flexible chain cutter type, the chain of cutters works round a fixed frame or jib projecting at right angles from the engine carriage, an arrangement which makes it necessary to cut from the end of the block of coal to the full depth, instead of holing into it from the face.
- Dock-side jib cranes for working general cargo are almost always made portable, in order to enable them to be placed in correct position in regard to the hatchways of the vessels which they serve.
- 12 shows an ordinary hydraulic dock-side jib crane.
- This type is usually fitted with a very high jib, so as to lift goods in and out of high-sided vessels.
- Where the face of the warehouse is sufficiently close to the water to permit of the crane rope plumbing the hatches without requiring a jib of excessive radius, it is a very convenient plan to place the whole crane on the warehouse roof.
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