gybe

Etymology 1
Probably from, ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬,.

The noun is derived from the verb; compare,.

Verb

 * 1)  To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
 * 2)  Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
 * 3)  Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
 * 4)  Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
 * 1)  Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.

Usage notes
Sense 3 (“to change tack”) is generally used of boats and other small sailing craft; the corresponding manoeuvre in a sailing ship is.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:


 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:


 * Bulgarian: обръщам платно, подигравам се, надсмивам се
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, virer lof pour lof
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese:

Noun

 * 1)  The act of gybing.
 * 2) A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
 * 3) A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
 * 4)  A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
 * 1)  A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, lehmänkäännös
 * French:
 * Polish:, zwrot z wiatrem
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: gipp


 * Finnish: äkkikäännös

Etymology 2
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