jib


3jib

verb
jibbedjib·bing

Definition of JIB

intransitive verb
: to refuse to proceed further : balk
jib·ber noun

Origin of JIB

probably from jib to shift from one side of a ship to the other, perhaps from 1jib
First Known Use: 1811

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