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jib

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Is jib a Scrabble word?

Yes, jib is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of jib?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (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.Examples: "Release the line by pulling down and unfurl the jib by pulling on the two jibsheets."

2. (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.usually

verb (English)

1. (chiefly nautical) To shift, or swing around, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

noun (English)

1. (metonymic, cinematography, film) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera.metonymically

2. (slang) A person's face.Examples: "Whipping around I saw Herman with a stunned expression on his jib."slang

verb (English)

1. (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.Examples: "“What say you to the young lady herself?” said Craigengelt; “the finest young woman in all Scotland, one that you used to be so fond of when she was cross, and now she consents to have you, and gives up her engagement with Ravenswood, you are for jibbing. I must say, the devil’s in ye, when ye neither know what you would have nor what you would want.”"; "Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls [...]."; "The Parlement scarcely jibbed."figuratively

noun (English)

1. (slang) Crystal meth.slanguncountable

noun (English)

1. (slang, especially African-American Vernacular) The mouth, sometimes particularly the tongue, underlip, or tooth.Examples: "They needa’ watch they jibs."slang

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "jib"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "jib"?

Scrabble
12 points
J8
I1
B3
Words With Friends
15 points
J10
I1
B4

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