jib – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of jib

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to jib
Participle: jibbed
Gerund: jibbing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ijib
youjib
he;she;itjibs
wejib
youjib
theyjib

Perfect

Ihave jibbed
youhave jibbed
he;she;ithas jibbed
wehave jibbed
youhave jibbed
theyhave jibbed

Past

Ijibbed
youjibbed
he;she;itjibbed
wejibbed
youjibbed
theyjibbed

Pluperfect

Ihad jibbed
youhad jibbed
he;she;ithad jibbed
wehad jibbed
youhad jibbed
theyhad jibbed

Future

Iwill jib
youwill jib
he;she;itwill jib
wewill jib
youwill jib
theywill jib

Future Perfect

Iwill have jibbed
youwill have jibbed
he;she;itwill have jibbed
wewill have jibbed
youwill have jibbed
theywill have jibbed

Subjunctive

Present

Ijib
youjib
he;she;itjib
wejib
youjib
theyjib

Perfect

Ihave jibbed
youhave jibbed
he;she;ithave jibbed
wehave jibbed
youhave jibbed
theyhave jibbed

Imperfect

Ijibbed
youjibbed
he;she;itjibbed
wejibbed
youjibbed
theyjibbed

Pluperfect

Ihad jibbed
youhad jibbed
he;she;ithad jibbed
wehad jibbed
youhad jibbed
theyhad jibbed

Conditional

Present

Iwould jib
youwould jib
he;she;itwould jib
wewould jib
youwould jib
theywould jib

Perfect

Iwould have jibbed
youwould have jibbed
he;she;itwould have jibbed
wewould have jibbed
youwould have jibbed
theywould have jibbed

Imperative

youjib
weLet's jib
youjib

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam jibbing
youare jibbing
he;she;itis jibbing
weare jibbing
youare jibbing
theyare jibbing

Perfect

Ihave been jibbing
youhave been jibbing
he;she;ithas been jibbing
wehave been jibbing
youhave been jibbing
theyhave been jibbing

Past

Iwas jibbing
youwere jibbing
he;she;itwas jibbing
wewere jibbing
youwere jibbing
theywere jibbing

Pluperfect

Ihad been jibbing
youhad been jibbing
he;she;ithad been jibbing
wehad been jibbing
youhad been jibbing
theyhad been jibbing

Future

Iwill be jibbing
youwill be jibbing
he;she;itwill be jibbing
wewill be jibbing
youwill be jibbing
theywill be jibbing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been jibbing
youwill have been jibbing
he;she;itwill have been jibbing
wewill have been jibbing
youwill have been jibbing
theywill have been jibbing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be jibbing
youwould be jibbing
he;she;itwould be jibbing
wewould be jibbing
youwould be jibbing
theywould be jibbing

Perfect

Iwould have been jibbing
youwould have been jibbing
he;she;itwould have been jibbing
wewould have been jibbing
youwould have been jibbing
theywould have been jibbing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'jib'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'jib'

bib, dib, fib, gib, jab, jibe, jig, jip, jit, job,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

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. See: Dutch 'gijben', Danish 'gibbe', Middle High German 'gempeln', Swedish 'guppa', Swedish 'gumpa'.

Verbs referencing "jib"

English jibe.

Sample Sentences

  • “Who calls, who calls?” cried Essper; a shout was the only answer. There was no path, but the underwood was low, and Vivian took his horse, an old forester, across it with ease. Essper’s jibbed. [1826, Benjamin Disraeli, Vivian Grey, London: Henry Colburn, published 1827, Volume 4, Book 6, page 73:]
  • Then he got fever, and had to be carried in a hammock slung under a pole. As he weighed sixteen stone I had no end of rows with the carriers. They jibbed, ran away, sneaked off with their loads in the night—quite a mutiny. [1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:]
  • The lama jibbed at the open door of a crowded third-class carriage. ‘Were it not better to walk?’ said he weakly. [1901, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 2, in Kim:]
  • "Where are we going?" she asked, jibbing capriciously in the descent. [1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 119:]
  • “Juno has a kindly gait. She neither jibs nor shies, though she will take a fence no more. […]” [1989, Jack Vance, chapter 8, in Madouc:]
  • “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.” [1819, Walter Scott, chapter 28, in The Bride of Lammermoor:]
  • I hadn't much chance of buying a practice or dropping into a partnership worth having and I jibbed at setting up in some God-forsaken backwater and slipping into middle age 'building up a connection.' [1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:]
  • Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls […]. [1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, pages 401–2:]
  • The Parlement scarcely jibbed. [2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 318:]