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jib
1[ jib ]
noun
- any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail. Compare flying jib, inner jib.
- the inner one of two such sails, set inward from a flying jib.
adjective
- of or relating to a jib:
jib clew.
jib
2[ jib ]
verb (used with or without object)
- variants of jibe 3.
jib
3[ jib ]
verb (used without object)
- to move restively sidewise or backward instead of forward, as an animal in harness; balk.
- to balk at doing something; defer action; procrastinate.
noun
- a horse or other animal that jibs.
jib
4[ jib ]
noun
- the projecting arm of a crane.
- the boom of a derrick.
jib
1/ 诲萧瑟产 /
noun
- nautical any triangular sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- cut of someone's jibsomeone's manner, behaviour, style, etc
- obsolete.
- the lower lip, usually when it protrudes forwards in a grimace
- the face or nose
jib
2/ 诲萧瑟产 /
verb
- often foll by at to be reluctant (to); hold back (from); balk (at)
- (of an animal) to stop short and refuse to go forwards
the horse jibbed at the jump
- nautical variant of gybe
jib
3/ 诲萧瑟产 /
noun
- the projecting arm of a crane or the boom of a derrick, esp one that is pivoted to enable it to be raised or lowered
jib
4/ 诲萧瑟产 /
noun
- dialect.often plural a contortion of the face; a face
stop making jibs
Derived Forms
- 藞箩颈产产别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 箩颈产顎僢别谤 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jib1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of jib1
Origin of jib2
Origin of jib3
Origin of jib4
Idioms and Phrases
- cut of one's jib, one's general appearance, mien, or manner:
I could tell by the cut of his jib that he wasn't the kind of person I'd want to deal with.
More idioms and phrases containing jib
see cut of one's jibExample Sentences
Byers started thinking about imaginary books 15 years ago, when he was having a jib door 鈥 a door disguised as part of a wall of bookshelves 鈥 made for his private library.
Apparently RFK Jr vetted him this week and really liked the cut of his jib.
To borrow the old sailing expression, they liked the cut of his jib.
鈥淓specially now, where there鈥檚 more skepticism, especially on the Republicans鈥 side, I think that鈥檚 why they鈥檙e shifting to the jibs argument.
It leans like a ladder in midair, 鈥渁nd the camera is on another track with a jib arm and a dolly attached to the top of the jib.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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