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# jib

noun (a jib, jibs); verb (jib, jibs, jibbed, jibbing)

«jib» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A triangle-shaped sail at the front of a sailing boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#m1)
2. The long arm of a crane that sticks out and holds the hook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#m2)
3. To jib (at something) means to refuse to do it or be unwilling, like a horse that stops and will not go on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in sailing, boats and the river and sea stories; the Water Rat and the Sea Rat talk of boats and sails. In building sites the jib of a crane swings over the street. The verb is a bit old-fashioned and appears in older books: «he jibbed at paying». Phrase: «the cut of his jib» (old, how someone looks or seems, from the shape of a ship's sail).

### Examples

- The sailor raised the jib, and the boat turned into the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#x1)
- The jib flapped in the breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#x2)
- The crane's jib swung slowly over the building site. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#x3)
- The horse jibbed at the gate and would not go through. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#x4)
- He jibbed at paying so much for a ticket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#x5)
- Grandad said he liked the cut of her jib. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/#x6)

### Note

Do not confuse with «gibe» or «jibe» (to mock, or in sailing to swing the sail across). Past: jibbed, with double b. «Cut of your jib» is an idiom, not about cutting.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jib» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jib/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jib» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jib.html) on Mova free.