Meaning of "gybe" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GYBE

From obsolete Dutch gijben (now gijpen), of obscure origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GYBE

gybe  [dʒaɪb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GYBE

Gybe is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gybe in English.

WHAT DOES GYBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gybe in the English dictionary

The first definition of gybe in the dictionary is to shift suddenly from one side of the vessel to the other when running before the wind, as the result of allowing the wind to catch the leech. Other definition of gybe is to cause to gybe or to undergo gybing. Gybe is also an instance of gybing.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GYBE

PRESENT

Present

I gybe

you gybe

he/she/it gybes

we gybe

you gybe

they gybe

Present continuous

I am gybing

you are gybing

he/she/it is gybing

we are gybing

you are gybing

they are gybing

Present perfect

I have gybed

you have gybed

he/she/it has gybed

we have gybed

you have gybed

they have gybed

Present perfect continuous

I have been gybing

you have been gybing

he/she/it has been gybing

we have been gybing

you have been gybing

they have been gybing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I gybed

you gybed

he/she/it gybed

we gybed

you gybed

they gybed

Past continuous

I was gybing

you were gybing

he/she/it was gybing

we were gybing

you were gybing

they were gybing

Past perfect

I had gybed

you had gybed

he/she/it had gybed

we had gybed

you had gybed

they had gybed

Past perfect continuous

I had been gybing

you had been gybing

he/she/it had been gybing

we had been gybing

you had been gybing

they had been gybing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will gybe

you will gybe

he/she/it will gybe

we will gybe

you will gybe

they will gybe

Future continuous

I will be gybing

you will be gybing

he/she/it will be gybing

we will be gybing

you will be gybing

they will be gybing

Future perfect

I will have gybed

you will have gybed

he/she/it will have gybed

we will have gybed

you will have gybed

they will have gybed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been gybing

you will have been gybing

he/she/it will have been gybing

we will have been gybing

you will have been gybing

they will have been gybing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would gybe

you would gybe

he/she/it would gybe

we would gybe

you would gybe

they would gybe

Conditional continuous

I would be gybing

you would be gybing

he/she/it would be gybing

we would be gybing

you would be gybing

they would be gybing

Conditional perfect

I would have gybe

you would have gybe

he/she/it would have gybe

we would have gybe

you would have gybe

they would have gybe

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been gybing

you would have been gybing

he/she/it would have been gybing

we would have been gybing

you would have been gybing

they would have been gybing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you gybe
we let´s gybe
you gybe

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to gybe

Past participle

gybed

Present Participle

gybing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF GYBE

Find out the translation of gybe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gybe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gybe» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 嘲笑
• Translator English - Spanish: trasluchada
• English: gybe
• Translator English - Hindi: हंसी
• Translator English - Arabic: انحرف
• Translator English - Russian: перекидывать
• Translator English - Portuguese: jibe
• Translator English - Bengali: বিদ্রূপ
• Translator English - French: moquerie
• Translator English - Malay: Jibe
• Translator English - German: Stichelei
• Translator English - Japanese: ジャイブ
• Translator English - Korean: 비웃음
• Translator English - Javanese: Jibe
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đi đôi với nhau
• Translator English - Tamil: காற்றிற்கு எதிராக ஓடும் பொழுது போக்கை மாற்று
• Translator English - Marathi: चिंतन
• Translator English - Turkish: uyuşmak
• Translator English - Italian: frecciata
• Translator English - Polish: jibe
• Translator English - Ukrainian: перекидати
• Translator English - Romanian: jibe
• Translator English - Greek: στρέφω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: gijpen
• Translator English - Swedish: gipp
• Translator English - Norwegian: jibb

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYBE»

Discover the use of gybe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gybe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Complete Sailing Manual

The danger comes from the mainsail and boom flying from one side of the boat to the other in an uncontrolled gybe. Ideally, the boom must be helped across by pulling it in and then letting it out slowly on the other side in order to reduce the ...

Jeff Toghill, 2005

Higher Performance Sailing: Faster Handling Techniques

Eighteen footer gybes There are two types of gybe. There is the gybe you do because you can do it, and there is the gybe you do because you want to do it. Far too many people gybe because they can do it in a spot where they want to do it.

Frank Bethwaite, 2013

Kitesurfing: The Complete Guide

There are certain asymmetric board designs that make toe-down riding impractical. 2. Gybing. (Jibing in the US) What is a gybe? There are two recognised methods of turning a sailing craft: the tack and the gybe.In other forms of sailing craft ...

Ian Currer, 2002

Yachting Monthly's Expert Sailing Skills: No Nonsense Advice ...

Once you're satisfied the boom is the way you've come for a second or two contained, call 'Gybe-ho!'and ease the boat as a pre-emptive strike. It's like applying towards a dead run. Ignore the genoa's 'opposite lock'to a car in a rear- wheel skid ...

Tom Cunliffe, 2012

The Sailing Bible: The Complete Guide for All Sailors from ...

Changing tacks when sailing downwind is known as gybing. The wind, blowing over the stern, continues to power up the mainsail as the boom swings from one side to the other. This makes the gybe a dynamic manoeuvre that the crew must ...

Barrie Smith, Jeremy Evans, Pat Manley, 2013

Cruising World

An end-for-end gybe is usually used on boats under 35 feet on which the pole can be managed by one foreAllegra Disp./Length Ratio 307 Sail Area/Disp. Ratio 15.4 Contact Fred P. deckman. To gybe, head the boat directly downwind .

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Molokai Reef: Gybe Sails Hawaii

Follow Gybe with no last name and his wacky friends, including a doobie smoking scarlet macaw, as they solve a murder mystery on the island of Molokai.Molokai Reef weaves humor, travelogue, environmental problems, sailing, and social ...

Dennis K. Biby, 2009

Asymmetric Sailing

You must make sure there are no other boats in your way and that you have a clear space to gybe into, because the direction changes are so much greater compared with conventional kinds of boat when they gybe. Once youknow that ...

Andy Rice, 2012

Learn to Sail: The Simplest Way to Start Sailing

Sooner or later you are going to have to gybe, and in this chapterwe are assuming that you have read and understood the chapter on gybing (see page 213). During the gybe, the actions undertaken by the helm are pretty much the same.

Tim Hore, 2012

The Adlard Coles Book of Boatwords

... waie exists. it is pronounced 'gunnei', as i am sure you are aware. (See Sheer strake.) Guy A rope used to restrain a boom. it may lead fon/vard from the boom as a precaution against an unexpected gybe, or else aft from a Spinnaker boom.

Denny Desoutter, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GYBE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gybe is used in the context of the following news items.

Kiwi named as replacement navigator for Wild Oats XI's Transpac

His current synopsis has Wild Oats XI sailing way north of the rhumb line, and making only one gybe to reach the finish. “We've seen weather ... «Sail World, Jul 15»

French youth team crowned at Trentino SB20 World Championships

Hudson and crew had to gybe out, but struggled to find a lane back and were nearly last at the windward mark. They eventually finished 24th in ... «BYM News, Jul 15»

Transatlantic Race: War Stories of the Giants

It is nice to have pictures on the website of people chain-ganging, but to gybe a 15-story high mainsail [without hydraulics], you have to prepare ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»

Transatlantic Race 2015_Day 13 - War Stories of the Giants

It is nice to have pictures on the website of people chain-ganging, but to gybe a 15-story high mainsail [without hydraulics], you have to prepare ... «BYM News, Jul 15»

2015 Transatlantic Race - War stories of the giants

It is nice to have pictures on the website of people chain-ganging, but to gybe a 15-story high mainsail (without hydraulics), you have to prepare for an hour to ... «Sail World, Jul 15»

Comanche sets new 24 hour record in Transatlantic Race

It is nice to have pictures on the website of people chain-ganging, but to gybe a 15-story high mainsail [without hydraulics], you have to prepare ... «My Sailing, Jul 15»

Katie Spithill moves into finals series at Women's Match Racing Worlds

... despite a nasty accident in which her crew Josephine Nissen got hit by the main sheet in a gybe, hurt her back and had to go to hospital. «My Sailing, Jul 15»

Four fastest boats leave Castle Hill for Lizard peninsula in England

It has been less than ideal conditions, with boats having to gybe frequently in a 14-knot westerly as they attempt to take advantage of favorable ... «Jamestown Press, Jul 15»

2015 Transat: update on 6 July. Mariette still in the lead

... VMG running and having to gybe frequently in a 13-15 knot westerly as they attempt to take advantage of favorable eddies in the Gulf Stream. «Classic Boat, Jul 15»

A day of stadium racing at the Tour de France

A tiny mistake on the layline, on a gybe or in the positionning downwind cost a lot," said Frédéric Duthil, skipper of Grandeur Nature Vérandas. «My Sailing, Jul 15»