Jib vs Jiu - What's the difference?
jib | jiu |
(nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
(nautical) Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
The projecting arm of a crane
(metonymy) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera
An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, inline skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
(figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
* 1992 , (Hilary Mantel), A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 318:
Any Chinese alcoholic beverage
* {{quote-news, 2007, February 7, Harold Mcgee, In a Bottle, the Scent of a Mouse, New York Times
, passage=I didn’t attempt homebrew versions of Chinese jiu or Japanese sake. }}
As nouns the difference between jib and jiu
is that jib is (nautical) a triangular staysail set forward of the foremast in a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast while jiu is any chinese alcoholic beverage.As a verb jib
is of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.jib
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia jib)Alternative forms
* jibe (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cut of one’s jib * flying jib * genoa jib * inner jib * jib header * jib headed * jib topsail * outer jib * storm jibSee also
* asymmetrical spinnaker * blooper * deck sweeper * drifter * genoaEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin.Verb
(jibb)- Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls [...].
- The Parlement scarcely jibbed .
jiu
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Noun
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