verb🔗ShareTo shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind."As the wind shifted, the sailor gybed the mainsail to keep the boat moving downwind. "nauticalsailingvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareOf a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other."The sailboat gybed suddenly in the strong wind, causing the boom to swing across the deck. "nauticalsailingsporttechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGenerally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel."The small sailboat gybed to avoid hitting the buoy, swinging its boom across the water. "nauticalsailingvehiclesportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(by extension) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.""He initially agreed to lead the project, but then gybed at the last minute when he realized the workload." "attitudeactionplannauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAlternative spelling of jibe"The sailboat gybed to catch the wind on the other side of the lake. "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
