jib
jib /dʒ'ɪb/ (jibs jibbing jibbed)
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The jib is the small triangular sail that is sometimes used at the front of a sailing boat.
2 [VERB] V at n/-ing, also V
If you jib at something, you are unwilling to do it or to accept it. (OLD-FASHIONED)
...those who jib at the idea of selling their land.
= balk
1 [N-COUNT] usu the N in sing
The jib is the small triangular sail that is sometimes used at the front of a sailing boat.
2 [VERB] V at n/-ing, also V
If you jib at something, you are unwilling to do it or to accept it. (OLD-FASHIONED)
...those who jib at the idea of selling their land.
= balk