Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.

    shift from one side of the ship to the other

  2. (intransitive)Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.

  3. (intransitive)Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.

    kreuzen

  4. (broadly, obsolete)Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to change tack with the wind behind:

Origin

Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, g

Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa.

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Forms

gybes, gybing, gybed, gybed
Base formgybe · to gybe
3rd person singulargybes
Present participlegybing
Past simplegybed
Past participlegybed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygybe
he, she, itgybes

Past simpleLesson

all personsgybed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gybed
he, she, ithas gybed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gybe

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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