1. To shift a boom-sail from one side of a vessel to the other.

2. To move restively hackwards or sideways. Flying jib, a sail sometimes set upon a boom rigged out beyond the jib-boom. Middle jib, a similar sail set between the two preceding.

3. The foremost sail of a ship, extending from the outer end of the jib-boom toward the fore-top-mast-head.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• ajob,
• ib,
• jjob,
• jit,
• jify,
• kiba,
• dib,
• jis,
• joba,
• jnb,
• joim,
• jil,
• jin,
• juic,
• ji,
• vib,
• tib,
• jb,
• higb,
• yjis

• bib,
• fib,
• jibe,
• jiffy,
• jive,
• rib,
• jig,
• job,
• jab.

The adjective form of the word "jib" is "jibing" or "jibbed".

The plural form of the word "jib" is "jibs"

The singular form of the word "jib" is "jib".