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TIL that "gybe" is an alternate spelling for "gibe," but only in the sailing context ("to shift your sail from one side of the vessel to the other"). "Gibe" als
by monktastic1 7y ago
TIL that "gybe" is an alternate spelling for "gibe," but only in the sailing context ("to shift your sail from one side of the vessel to the other"). "Gibe" also means to heckle. "Jive" has to do with music. The word your parent wanted is "jibe."
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- gerdesj 7y agoI probably, wanted "dovetail". I know I have heard and used a word that sounds like jibe in this context but given I was a sailor, I would automatically make that into gybe. Jibe is probably correct. There are two main ways of changing a sailing boat's direction. I wont discuss them (its complicated) but tack and gybe are the keywords.