shucking and jiving

American  

Or shuck and jive

noun

Slang.

1. misleading or deceptive talk or behavior, as to give a false impression.

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Etymology

Origin of shucking and jiving

First recorded in 1965–70; shuck ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“Such comments included remarks to an African American criminal defendant about ‘shucking and jiving,’ making crude references to his anatomy, commenting about ‘chicks’ liking a car and about not spending so much time with his telescope if he had a ’20-year-old smoking hot wife,’ and using profanity in other remarks,” according to a commission statement.

From Los Angeles Times

“Such comments included remarks to an African American criminal defendant about ’shucking and jiving,’ making crude references to his anatomy, commenting about ‘chicks’ liking a car and about not spending so much time with his telescope if he had a ‘20-year-old smoking hot wife,’ and using profanity in other remarks, according to a commission statement.

From Washington Times

He had been shucking and jiving on taxes all campaign, but at that moment was pinned by reporters into making a seemingly unequivocal “no new taxes” pledge.

From Seattle Times

I took a bleak sort of pride in making the house’s worst hazer laugh so hard he had to leave the room, but I couldn’t see my shucking and jiving for what it was.

From Salon

As the pianist Scott Patterson plays a score like an accompaniment to a silent movie, seven animated dancers, including the choreographer, sample gestures from the distant past — shucking and jiving, hot feet, comic mugging — but also from the twerking and crotch-grabbing of the present and a great deal in between.

From New York Times