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jib1 [ʤɪb] N NAUT

jib2 [ʤɪb] N TECH

jib3 <-bb-> [ʤɪb] VB intr

1. jib (be reluctant):

to jib at doing sth

2. jib (stop suddenly):

to jib at sth horse

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I like the cut of your jib inf idiom

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

just north of the Acores.

The ship was drifting out of control, only outer jib and a fore topsail hoisted.

Nobody could be seen.

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nördlich der Azoren entdeckt.

Das Schiff trieb nur unter Klüver und Fockmarssegel steuerlos auf der See.

Niemand war zu sehen.

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