Gybe

/d͡ʒaɪb/

Synonyms for "gybe" (34 found)

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Closest matches (7)

about shipback and fillbear offbeatbeat aboutbreakbring about

Strong matches (10)

bring roundcantcastcome aboutgo about
Verb(2 words)
change coursejib
Noun(3 words)
gybesjibbingjibe

Related words (17)

Verb(2 words)
jibejibed
Noun(4 words)
jibesjibingturnveer
plyput aboutput backsheershiftswervetackturn backwearwindyaw

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries
nautical maneuversailsailing maneuver

More specific

3 entries
gentle gybehard gybesoft gybe

Collocations

10 entries
after gybeboom gybecontrolled gybegentle gybegybe anglegybe maneuverhard gybesoft gybesteady gybewide gybe

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

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Dutch

1 entries
  • gijpen verb (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)

Finnish

1 entries
  • jiipata verb (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַהְפָּךְ verb (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)

Spanish

1 entries
  • trasluchar verb (of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)

Sample sentences

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[…] I had my Man Friday to teach as to what belong'd to the Navigation of my Boat; for though he knew very well how to paddle a Canoe, he knew nothing what belong'd to a Sail and a Rudder, and was the moſt amaz'd when he ſaw me work the Boat too and again in the Sea by the Rudder, and how the Sail gyb'd, and fill'd this Way or that Way, as the Courſe we ſail'd chang'd: […]

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The key to a good gybe is to bring the spinnaker round to the old weather side before you begin, and then to steer to keep some wind in the kite.

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