Origin of jive
1920–25; origin obscure; alleged to be an alteration of gibe1, though the shift in sense and phonetic change are unexplained
OTHER WORDS FROM jive
jiv·er, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for jive
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 BEASTThen, when Ali's jive began to bend toward something like truth, Lipsyte snatched those thoughts for his column.
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, nounWord Origin for jive
C20: of unknown origin
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