Usually means: Changing sail direction across wind.
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  1. jibing: Merriam-Webster
  2. jibing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. jibing: Vocabulary.com
  4. jibing: Wordnik
  5. jibing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. jibing: Wiktionary
  7. Jibing, jibing: Dictionary.com
  8. jibing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Jibing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Jibing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Jibing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. jibing: FreeDictionary.org
  13. jibing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. jibing: Legal dictionary

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  1. jibing: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jib)

noun:  (nautical) 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.
noun:  (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
verb:  (chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
noun:  The projecting arm of a crane.
noun:  (metonymically, cinematography, film) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
noun:  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.
noun:  (slang) A person's face.
verb:  To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).
verb:  (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
noun:  One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
noun:  A stationary condition; a standstill.
noun:  (slang) Crystal meth.
noun:  (slang, especially African-American Vernacular) The mouth, sometimes particularly the tongue, underlip, or tooth.
noun:  (Ireland, slang, archaic) A first-year student at the University of Dublin.
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