gybe

Plural: gybes

Verb

Verb Forms: gybed, gybing, gybes

• To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side to the other.
• shift from one side of the ship to the other
• To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
• 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.
• Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
• Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
• Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).

Noun

• The act of gybing.
• A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
• The act of gybing.
• A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
• A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
• Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”).

Examples

• The game started to gybe as the lead changed hands repeatedly in the final turns.

Synonyms

change course, jib, jibe

Anagrams of gybe