Usually means: Sails at the bow, small.
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  1. jibs: Merriam-Webster
  2. jibs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jibs: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jibs: Vocabulary.com
  5. jibs: Wordnik
  6. jibs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. jibs: Wiktionary
  8. jibs: Dictionary.com
  9. jibs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. jibs: Encyclopedia

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  1. JIBS: Acronym Finder

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  1. jibs, jibs: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Jibs: Urban Dictionary

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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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