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noun
1.
swing music or early jazz.
2.
the jargon associated with swing music and early jazz.
3.
Slang. deceptive, exaggerated, or meaningless talk: Don't give me any of that jive!
verb (used without object)
4.
to play jive.
5.
to dance to jive; jitterbug.
6.
Slang. to engage in kidding, teasing, or exaggeration.
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verb (used with object)
7.
Slang. to tease; fool; kid: Stop jiving me!
adjective
8.
Slang. insincere, pretentious, or deceptive.
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jive (dʒaɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a style of lively and jerky dance performed to jazz and, later, to rock and roll, popular esp in the 1940s and 1950s |
| 2. | Also called: jive talk a variety of American slang spoken chiefly by Black people, esp jazz musicians |
| 3. | a. slang chiefly (US) deliberately misleading or deceptive talk |
| b. (as modifier): jive talk | |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (intr) to dance the jive |
| 5. | slang chiefly (US) to mislead; tell lies (to) |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
| 'jiver | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
jive
1928, "to deceive playfully" (v.), also "empty, misleading talk" (n.) and "a style of fast, lively jazz and dance music," Amer.Eng., from Black English, probably of African origin (cf. Wolof jev, jeu "talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner"). Used from 1938 for "New York City African-American
slang." The adj. meaning "not acting right" is attested from 1971.
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Slang Dictionary
jive definition[dʒɑɪv]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
However, these spec changes seem to jive with other purported hardware upgrades that have been floating around the web as of late.
Don't think they'll be appeased with golf-clap ceremonial jive.
Jive decided to release only three of the five chapters to radio.
Naturally the script permits her to run a gamut, from prayers to jumping jive.
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