Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gybe
Participle: gybed
Gerund: gybing
Indicative
Present
| I | gybe |
| you | gybe |
| he;she;it | gybes |
| we | gybe |
| you | gybe |
| they | gybe |
Perfect
| I | have gybed |
| you | have gybed |
| he;she;it | has gybed |
| we | have gybed |
| you | have gybed |
| they | have gybed |
Past
| I | gybed |
| you | gybed |
| he;she;it | gybed |
| we | gybed |
| you | gybed |
| they | gybed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gybed |
| you | had gybed |
| he;she;it | had gybed |
| we | had gybed |
| you | had gybed |
| they | had gybed |
Future
| I | will gybe |
| you | will gybe |
| he;she;it | will gybe |
| we | will gybe |
| you | will gybe |
| they | will gybe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gybed |
| you | will have gybed |
| he;she;it | will have gybed |
| we | will have gybed |
| you | will have gybed |
| they | will have gybed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gybe |
| you | gybe |
| he;she;it | gybe |
| we | gybe |
| you | gybe |
| they | gybe |
Perfect
| I | have gybed |
| you | have gybed |
| he;she;it | have gybed |
| we | have gybed |
| you | have gybed |
| they | have gybed |
Imperfect
| I | gybed |
| you | gybed |
| he;she;it | gybed |
| we | gybed |
| you | gybed |
| they | gybed |
Pluperfect
| I | had gybed |
| you | had gybed |
| he;she;it | had gybed |
| we | had gybed |
| you | had gybed |
| they | had gybed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gybe |
| you | would gybe |
| he;she;it | would gybe |
| we | would gybe |
| you | would gybe |
| they | would gybe |
Perfect
| I | would have gybed |
| you | would have gybed |
| he;she;it | would have gybed |
| we | would have gybed |
| you | would have gybed |
| they | would have gybed |
Imperative
| you | gybe |
| we | Let's gybe |
| you | gybe |
Verbs conjugated like 'gybe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gybe'
gibe,
gye,
gyre,
gyve,
ayme,
be,
cube,
cyber,
dyb,
dye,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Probably from Dutch gijben (obsolete), gijpen; cognate with Danish gibbe, German gieben, giepen, Swedish gipa, gippa.
2. The noun is derived from the verb; compare Dutch gijb (obsolete), gijp (“act of gybing; a boom”). See: Dutch '
gijben', Danish '
gibbe', German, old spelling '
gieben', Swedish '
gipa'.
Sample Sentences
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[…] I had my Man Friday to teach as to what belong'd to the Navigation of my Boat; for though he knew very well how to paddle a Canoe, he knew nothing what belong'd to a Sail and a Rudder, and was the moſt amaz'd when he ſaw me work the Boat too and again in the Sea by the Rudder, and how the Sail gyb'd, and fill'd this Way or that Way, as the Courſe we ſail'd chang'd: […] [1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 271:]