jive

[ jahyv ]

/ dʒaɪv /

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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.

Origin of jive

First recorded in 1925–30; origin obscure; alleged to be an alteration of gibe¹, though the shift in sense and phonetic change are unexplained

OTHER WORDS FROM jive

jiver, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH jive

jibe, jive

Words nearby jive

jitterbug, jittery, jiujitsu, jiva, Jívaro, jive, jivey, jivy, Jixi, jiz, jizyah

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Example sentences from the Web for jive

More weakly fused participants were, perhaps unsurprisingly, much less biased, deleting about 0 to 9 percent of comments that didn’t jive with their views.
The Anonymous Culture Cops of the Internet - Facts So Romantic|Jesse Singal|August 12, 2020|Nautilus
Instead, she wanted to listen to her music and go disco-ing or to some jive concert.
"Spiteful" Diana Had "No Feeling For Her Husband or His Family" Says Lady Pamela Hicks|Tom Sykes|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then, when Ali's jive began to bend toward something like truth, Lipsyte snatched those thoughts for his column.
On the Peninsula|Bryan Curtis|April 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for jive

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 called: jive talk a variety of American slang spoken chiefly by Black people, esp jazz musicians

slang, mainly US deliberately misleading or deceptive talk
(as modifier)jive talk

verb

(intr) to dance the jive

slang, mainly US to mislead; tell lies (to)

Derived forms of jive

jiver, noun

Word Origin for jive

C20: of unknown origin

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	jive
释义	jive [ jahyv ] / dʒaɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR jive ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of jive First recorded in 1925–30; origin obscure; alleged to be an alteration of gibe¹, though the shift in sense and phonetic change are unexplained OTHER WORDS FROM jive jiver, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH jive jibe, jive Words nearby jive jitterbug, jittery, jiujitsu, jiva, Jívaro, jive, jivey, jivy, Jixi, jiz, jizyah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jive More weakly fused participants were, perhaps unsurprisingly, much less biased, deleting about 0 to 9 percent of comments that didn’t jive with their views. The Anonymous Culture Cops of the Internet - Facts So Romantic\|Jesse Singal\|August 12, 2020\|Nautilus Instead, she wanted to listen to her music and go disco-ing or to some jive concert. "Spiteful" Diana Had "No Feeling For Her Husband or His Family" Says Lady Pamela Hicks\|Tom Sykes\|September 5, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Then, when Ali's jive began to bend toward something like truth, Lipsyte snatched those thoughts for his column. On the Peninsula\|Bryan Curtis\|April 25, 2011\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for jive 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 called: jive talk a variety of American slang spoken chiefly by Black people, esp jazz musicians slang, mainly US deliberately misleading or deceptive talk (as modifier)jive talk verb (intr) to dance the jive slang, mainly US to mislead; tell lies (to) Derived forms of jive jiver, noun Word Origin for jive C20: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to jive conversational, vernacular, madness, silliness, babble, joke, bunk, folly, stupidity, foolishness, drivel, rubbish, baloney, gibberish, trash, absurdity, spiel, monologue, chatter, farce
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jive

noun

verb (used without object), jived, jiv·ing.

verb (used with object), jived, jiv·ing.

adjective

Origin of jive

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Words nearby jive

Example sentences from the Web for jive

British Dictionary definitions for jive

noun

verb

Derived forms of jive

Word Origin for jive

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