Crossword-Solution: GYBE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Gybe | n. | See Jib. |
| Gybe | n. & v. | See Gibe. |
| Gybe | v. t. & i. | To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GYBE | anagram | GBYE |
We have 10 clues for the answer “GYBE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Agree: Var. | 1 answer |
| CHANGE course (naut.) | 1 answer |
| SWING across (of fore-and-aft sail or boom) | 1 answer |
| Sudden shift, in sailing | 1 answer |
| Turn through the wind, nautically | 1 answer |
| WEARING before the wind (naut.) | 1 answer |
| wearing before the wind | 1 answer |
| SHIFT position | 7 answers |
| CHANGE course | 27 answers |
| Agree | 73 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GYBE (5)
And the boom, which had been acting uneasily, finally decided to gybe, and swept majestically over, carrying two of the Four in front of it, and all but dropped them into the water.
Now, deil ane o' them will touch an acquaintance o' Daddie Ratton's; for though I am retired frae public practice, yet they ken I can do a gude or an ill turn yet--and deil a gude fellow that has been but a twelvemonth on the lay, be he ruffler or padder, but he knows my gybe* as well as the jark** of e'er a queer cuffin*** in England--and there's rogue's Latin for you." * Pass.
Now, deil ane oí them will touch an acquaintance oí Daddie Rattonís; for though I am retired frae public practice, yet they ken I can do a gude or an ill turn yet--and deil a gude fellow that has been but a twelvemonth on the lay, be he ruffler or padder, but he knows my gybe* as well as the jark** of eíer a queer cuffin*** in England--and thereís rogueís Latin for you.” * Pass.
But at this moment Captain Pomery sang out "Gybe-O!" At the warning we ducked our heads together as the boom swung over and the _Gauntlet_, heeling gently for a moment, rounded the river-bend in view of the great house of Constantine, set high and gazing over the folded woods.
Harry!"--he turned to me--"bring her nose round to sou'-west and by south, and stand by for the gybe." He hauled in the main-sheet and eased it over.
Quotes with GYBE (1)
GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1975–1983).