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Definition of Gybe
1. Verb. Shift from one side of the ship to the other. "The sail jibbed wildly"
Definition of Gybe
1. n. & v. See Gibe.
2. v. t. & i. To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
Definition of Gybe
1. to shift from side to side while sailing [v GYBED, GYBING, GYBES]