jivey

American  

[jahy-vee] / ˈdʒaɪ vi /

adjective

Slang.

jivier, jiviest

1. resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.

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Etymology

Origin of jivey

First recorded in 1940–45; jive + -ey ¹

Example Sentences

“He said, ‘That’s marvelous; it’s just like American jazz’ — because it was really jivey,” Mary Sarkisian told The Post in 2012.

From Washington Post

Especially in the tattoo-parlor scenes, the girls’ jivey, slang-infused chatter is rushed and blurred.

From Seattle Times

I suspect Bearden would have enjoyed a QuickTime animation by Nicole Miller that features the Princeton professor Cornel West talking a fluent, jivey metaphysical funny blue streak, and sounding like Bearden collages sometimes look.

From New York Times

Not only did he produce an extraordinary range of designs, like the large jewels in coral, tiger’s eye, lapis and rock crystal — pieces that in their jivey brilliance seemed to anticipate mod and radical chic — but he also adapted his ideas to new attitudes.

From New York Times

“Thirteen Women,” a jivey period piece by Dickie Thompson that was the B-side of Bill Haley and the Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock,” recounts a dream in which the narrator and 13 women are the only humans left after a hydrogen bomb explosion.

From New York Times

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