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.

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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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How to use jive in a sentence

Adapting ideas used to design piezoelectric robots gives soft robotics a new outlook, potentially leading to completely artificial materials that jive with our bodies.
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Melora Hardin, of The Office and Transparent fame, did a jive to the song “Hound Dog” inspired by Stephen King’s Cujo.
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That jives with some more recent guidance from the ACSM that suggests progressing the amount of weight you lift so that it feels like a difficulty of about 8 out of 10.
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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.
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The piece—an intended satire of affirmative action—was not received quite as warmly as the “I speak Jive” scene from Airplane!
Ex-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Relives College Glory Days|Olivia Nuzzi|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
Steele publicized the boycott on his blog, Tie-Dyed Jive in the (415), and sent out a press release promoting it.
Christian Group’s New Gay War|Michelle Goldberg|August 22, 2011|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

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