Etymology

gybe

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Today it means: To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind. Full definition →

Dutch gijben
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gybe · verb, noun1

  1. Dutch · derived fromgijb
  2. Dutch · derived fromgijben
  3. English todaygybe

Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa. The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gijb (obsolete), gijp (“act of gybing; a boom”).

gybe · noun, verb2

See jibe.

Words from the same roots

Dutchgijben all →

jib

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