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jive

  [jahyv] noun, verb, jived, jiv⋅ing, adjective
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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.
–verb (used with object)
7. Slang. to tease; fool; kid: Stop jiving me!
–adjective
8. Slang. insincere, pretentious, or deceptive.
Origin:
1920–25; orig. obscure; alleged to be an alter. of gibe, though the shift in sense and phonetic change are unexplained

Related forms:
jiver, noun
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Slang Dictionary
jive [dʒɑɪv]

  1. n.
    drugs; marijuana. (Drugs. See also gyve.) : That jive is gonna be the end of you.
  2. n.
    back talk. : Don't you give me any of that jive!
  3. n.
    lies; deception; nonsense. : No more of your jive. Talk straight or don't talk.
  4. mod.
    deceptive; insincere. : I listened to her little jive speech and then fired her.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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