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jive
[ jahyv ]
noun
- swing music or early jazz.
- the jargon associated with swing music and early jazz.
- Slang. deceptive, exaggerated, or meaningless talk:
Don't give me any of that jive!
verb (used without object)
, jived, jiv·ing.
- to play jive.
- to dance to jive; jitterbug.
- Slang. to engage in kidding, teasing, or exaggeration.
verb (used with object)
, jived, jiv·ing.
- Slang. to tease; fool; kid:
Stop jiving me!
adjective
- Slang. insincere, pretentious, or deceptive.
jive
/ dʒaɪv /
noun
- a style of lively and jerky dance performed to jazz and, later, to rock and roll, popular esp in the 1940s and 1950s
- Also calledjive talk a variety of American slang spoken chiefly by Black people, esp jazz musicians
- deliberately misleading or deceptive talk
- ( as modifier )
jive talk
verb
- intr to dance the jive
- slang.to mislead; tell lies (to)
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Derived Forms
- ˈjiver, noun
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Other Words From
- jiver noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jive1
C20: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
The piece—an intended satire of affirmative action—was not received quite as warmly as the “I speak Jive” scene from Airplane!
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Instead, she wanted to listen to her music and go disco-ing or to some jive concert.
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Steele publicized the boycott on his blog, Tie-Dyed Jive in the (415), and sent out a press release promoting it.
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Then, when Ali's jive began to bend toward something like truth, Lipsyte snatched those thoughts for his column.
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