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gybe

We found 14 definitions of gybe from 5 different sources.

What does gybe mean?

Verb
gybe - shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
		jibe, jib, change course
		sail traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"

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gybe (Noun)
The act of gybing.
gybe (Noun)
A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing.
gybe (Noun)
A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation.
gybe (Noun)
A sneer.
gybe (Verb)
To change tack with the wind crossing behind the boat.
gybe (Verb)
To shift a fore-and-aft sail suddenly and forcefully from one side to the other, while sailing before the wind.
gybe (Verb)
To sneer.
gybe (Verb)
Gybe at: to hesitate, vacillate, or balk when faced with a proposal, plan, or course of action.

gybe (n.)
See Jib.
gybe (n. & v.)
See Gibe.
gybe (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.

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gybe in sign language