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jib (125 synonym found)

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avert

avoid

back down

balance

balk

balloon sail

batten

bear off

blench

blink

boggle

cringe

debate

dodge

draw aside

draw back

duck

ease off

edge off

evade

fade

fall back

fear

fight shy

flinch

fly off

fly-by-night

flying kites

fore gaff-topsail

fore topgallant sail

fore-skysail

fore-topmast staysail

fore-topsail

foreroyal

foresail

forestaysail

gee

glance

glance off

go off

hang back

haw

head off

hem and haw

hesitate

hum and haw

jenny

jigger

jump a mile

leg-of-mutton sail

loose-footed sail

lug

main gaff-topsail

main royal

main skysail

main-royal staysail

main-topsail

mainsail

make way for

mizzen

mizzen skysail

mizzen staysail

mizzen-royal staysail

mizzen-topgallant sail

moonraker

moonsail

move aside

panic

parachute spinnaker

ponder

pull back

quail

recoil

reef

reef point

reel back

retreat

royal

sheer off

shilly-shally

shove aside

shrink

shrink back

shunt

shy

shy off

sidestep

sidetrack

sidle

skedaddle

skyscraper

spanker

spinnaker

spitfire

square sail

stampede

start aside

start back

startle

staysail

steer clear of

step aside

stern staysail

stick

stick at

stickle

stop to consider

storm trysail

straddle the fence

strain at

stumble

swerve

switch

think twice about

topsail

trysail

turn aside

turn away

turn back

veer off

weasel

weasel out

wince

withdraw

yield

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Definition of jib:

(n) : a triangular sail attached to a stay leading from the masthead or topmast to the stemhead, bowsprit, or jib boom; any of a variety of specialty triangular sails

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Definition of jib:

(n) : a triangular sail attached to a stay leading from the masthead or topmast to the stemhead, bowsprit, or jib boom; any of a variety of specialty triangular sails

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