Dictionary Entry
jib
jib is a 3-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
- 2intransitive verb
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
- 3intransitive verb
To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.
- 4noun
any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
- 5verb
shift from one side of the ship to the other
"The sail jibbed wildly"
- 6verb
refuse to comply
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