Meaning of Jib | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
2. Crystal meth.
   slang, uncountable
3. The mouth, sometimes particularly the tongue, underlip, or tooth.
   slang
4. A first-year student at the University of Dublin.
   Ireland, archaic, slang
5. 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.
6. The projecting arm of a crane.
7. A stationary condition; a standstill.
8. Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
   usually
9. A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
   metonymically
10. An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
11. A person's face.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Release the line by pulling down and unfurl the jib by pulling on the two jibsheets.”

“Whipping around I saw Herman with a stunned expression on his jib.”

“They needa’ watch they jibs.”

“Forgetting that the jibs, whom they insulted, were afterwards to grow into the influential men […]”

“[I]n a healthy environment, young Mahoney might have taken the risk, both with University and, in part, with entering the Aula for the jibs dance.”

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