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Gybed vs Gibed - What's the difference?

gybed | gibed |

As verbs the difference between gybed and gibed

is that gybed is (gybe) while gibed is (gibe).

gybed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gybe)

    • gybe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * jibe

    Verb

    (gyb)
  • (nautical) To change tack with the wind crossing behind the boat. (Mostly used of boats and other small sailing craft — the corresponding manoeuver in a sailing ship is to wear.)
  • (nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail suddenly and forcefully from one side to the other, while sailing before the wind. (also jibe.)
  • To sneer (see gibe.)
  • gybe at'': to hesitate, vacillate, or balk when faced with a proposal, plan, or course of action. (''Obsolete )

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of gybing.
  • A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing.
  • A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation.
  • A sneer. (see gibe.)

    • gibed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gibe)
    • ----

    gibe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gybe * jibe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
  • * 1603 , , Hamlet , act 5, scene 1:
    • Hamlet : Alas, poor Yorick! . . . Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To perform a jibe (2, 3).
  • To agree.
    • That explanation doesn't gibe with the facts.
  • To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
  • (ambitransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Draw the beasts as I describe them, / From their features, while I gibe them.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Fleer and gibe , and laugh and flout.

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