cut of one's jib /ˌkʌt‿əv wʌnz ˈd͡ʒɪb/ noun1 •(old-fashioned) A person's general appearance, manner, or style.About eleven o'clock, the captains who were to be our Minos and our Rhadamanthus, made their appearance, and we all agreed that we did not much like the "cut of their jibs." — 1829 formscut of their jibs · cuts of their jibs