Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jib

1 sense of jib

Sense 1
jib -- (any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast))
       => fore-and-aft sail -- (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb jib

2 senses of jib

Sense 1
resist, balk, baulk, jib -- (refuse to comply)
       => disobey -- (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired")

Sense 2
jibe, gybe, jib, change course -- (shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly")
       => sail -- (travel on water propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on")