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Definition of "jibing" []

  • Present participle of jibe. (verb)

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Use "jibing" in a sentence
  • "In fore-and-aft rigged vessels, this maneuver is called jibing, and in square-rigged it’s called wearing."
  • "Big corporations are said to have a culture and within them the casual talk is of the culture of the seventh floor not jibing with the culture of the fifth—A dose of managerial lubricant is needed to ease the grinding of the gears."
  • "I did not see what went on elsewhere, though I felt the sudden surge and heel of the schooner as the wind-pressures changed to the jibing of the fore - and main-sails."
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