Definitions from Wiktionary (gybe)

▸ verb:  (transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, nautical) Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
▸ verb:  (by extension, obsolete) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
▸ noun:  (nautical) The act of gybing.
▸ noun:  A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
▸ noun:  A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”) [A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.]
▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”) [(transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.]





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