jib
verb/dʒɪb/
/dʒɪb/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jib | /dʒɪb/ /dʒɪb/ |
| he / she / it jibs | /dʒɪbz/ /dʒɪbz/ |
| past simple jibbed | /dʒɪbd/ /dʒɪbd/ |
| past participle jibbed | /dʒɪbd/ /dʒɪbd/ |
| -ing form jibbing | /ˈdʒɪbɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɪbɪŋ/ |
- jib (at something/at doing something) to be unwilling to do or accept something
- She agreed to attend but jibbed at making a speech.
Word Originverb early 19th cent.: perhaps related to French regimber (earlier regiber) ‘to buck, rear’; compare with jibe.
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