Jib

Full definition of jib

(plural jibs)

(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.
(nautical) Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
The projecting arm of a crane
(metonymy) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera
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.

Of uncertain origin.

Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
(figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.

1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls ....
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 318:The Parlement scarcely jibbed.