Usually means: Sail forward of the mast.
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  1. jib: Merriam-Webster
  2. jib, jib: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jib, jib: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jib: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jib: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jib, jib: Wordnik
  7. jib: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jib: Wiktionary
  9. jib: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jib: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jib: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jib, jib: Dictionary.com
  13. jib: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. JIB, Jib (camera), Jib (crane), Jib (disambiguation), Jib: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Jib: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. jib: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. jib: Rhymezone
  18. jib: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. jib: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Jib, Jib: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. jib: FreeDictionary.org
  22. jib: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. jib: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. jib: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. jib: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  2. Glossary of Trade and Shipping Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jib: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
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  3. jib: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. JIB: Acronym Finder
  2. JIB: Three Letter Words with definitions
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Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. jib, jib, jib, jib, jib, jib: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Jib: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. jib(s): Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Snowboarding Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Jib: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Jib: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See jibbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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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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