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GYBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gybe mean?
• GYBE (verb)
The verb GYBE has 1 sense:
1. shift from one side of the ship to the other
Familiarity information: GYBE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they gybe ... he / she / it gybes
Past simple: gybed
Past participle: gybed
-ing form: gybing
... he / she / it gybes Past simple: gybed
Past participle: gybed
-ing form: gybing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shift from one side of the ship to the other
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
change course; gybe; jib; jibe
Context example:
The sail jibbed wildly
Hypernyms (to "gybe" is one way to...):
sail (travel on water propelled by wind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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