1 a small sail in front of the large sail on a boat
2 the arm of a CRANE that lifts things
verb (-bb-) [V] ~ (at sth / at doing sth) (old-fashioned, informal) to be unwilling to do or accept sth:
She agreed to attend but jibbed at making a speech.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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In this entry, jib is tagged as noun.
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