GYBING

verb

1. To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
2. Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
3. Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.

verb

1. Alternative spelling of jibe