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Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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jib

/d͡ʒɪb/ noun, verb

Forms jibs jibbing jibbed jibe gib

  1. noun (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
  2. noun (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
  3. verb (chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
  4. noun The projecting arm of a crane.
  5. noun (metonymic, cinematography, film) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.
  6. noun An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, in-line skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
  7. noun (slang) A person's face.
  8. verb To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).
  9. verb (figuratively) To express reluctance; to balk.
  10. noun One who jibs or balks, refusing to continue forward.
  11. noun A stationary condition; a standstill.
  12. noun (slang) Crystal meth.
  13. noun (slang, especially African-American Vernacular) The mouth, sometimes particularly the tongue, underlip, or tooth. “They needa’ watch they jibs.”
  14. noun (Ireland, slang, archaic) A first-year student at the University of Dublin.

Synonyms

gibbet balk resist baulk jibe gybe change course

Etymology

Attested since the 1660s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to jib (“shift or swing around”) (see below).

Attested since the 1680s (also spelled jibe and gybe), perhaps from Dutch gijben (a variant of gijpen (“to turn sails suddenly”), whence certainly the form jibe) or else from Danish gibbe (“jib, jibe”), related to Swedish gippa (“jib, jibe, jerk, make jump”). Compare also Middle High German gempeln (“to spring”), Swedish guppa (“to move up and down”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump, spring”). See jump.

Attested since the 1660s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening of gibbet.

Uncertain, perhaps related to jib (“shift or swing around”) (see above).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc.
  2. noun The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended. Jib boom (Naut.), a spar or boom which serves as an extension of the bowsprit. It is sometimes extended by another spar called the flying jib boom. [Written also gib boom.] -- Jib crane (Mach.), a crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load.
  3. verb To move restively backward or sidewise, --said of a horse; to balk. [Written also jibb.] [Eng.]
  4. verb To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

Etymology [Named from its shifting from side to side. See Jib, v. i.., Jibe.]

Etymology [Connected with jibe; cf. OF. giber to shake.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “jib”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details