jib

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To stop short and turn restively from side to side; balk.
• intransitive verb To perform tricks by jumping onto and maneuvering over fixed obstacles such as railings or platforms. Used especially of snowboarders and skiers.
• noun Nautical A triangular sail stretching from the foretopmast head to the jib boom, the bowsprit, or the bow.
• noun The arm of a mechanical crane.
• noun The boom of a derrick.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Same as jibe.
• noun Nautical, adjective large triangular sail set on a stay forward of the foremast.
• To pull against the bit, as a horse; move restively sidewise or backward.
• noun Same as jibber.
• noun The boom of a derrick; the inclined strut in a derrick, which can be swung in a vertical as well as a horizontal plane.
• noun The projecting arm of a crane: same as gib, 5.
• noun A stand for beer-barrels.
• noun The under lip.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb engraving To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk.
• noun (Naut.) 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 jibs
• noun (Mach.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
• noun One that jibs, or balks; a jibber.
• noun A stationary condition; a standstill.
• noun (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
• noun (Mach.) a crane having a horizontal jib on which a trolley moves, bearing the load.
• noun (Arch.) a door made flush with the wall, without dressings or moldings; a disguised door.
• noun (Naut.) a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a jib-headed topsail.
• noun (Naut.) a small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs.
• noun [Colloq.] one's outward appearance.
• (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
• verb figuratively To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
• 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.
• noun nautical Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
• noun The projecting arm of a crane
• noun A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera
• noun An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, inline skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb shift from one side of the ship to the other
• verb refuse to comply
• noun any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)