resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively
Word origin
[1940–45; jive + -ey1]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airlift, set-aside, silkscreen, update, zap-ey is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -ey include: dicey, gooey, jokey, spacey, wheyey