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Definition of "jib" []

  • Nautical A triangular sail stretching from the foretopmast head to the jib boom and in small craft to the bowsprit or the bow. (noun)
  • The arm of a mechanical crane. (noun)
  • The boom of a derrick. (noun)
  • To stop short and turn restively from side to side; balk. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jib" in a sentence
  • "Our man Shane is the guy you see with what we call the jib camera."
  • "She opened in the panelling one of the old-fashioned concealed modes of exit known as jib-doors, which it was once the custom to construct without architraves in the walls of large apartments, so as not to interfere with the general design of the room."
  • "This exercise should be repeated until releasing casting off and trimming the jib is a smooth and coordinated effort on the part of the crew at helmsman."