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- Dictionaryjive/dʒʌɪv/
noun
- 1. a lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
- 2. a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians.
verb
- 1. perform the jive or a similar dance to popular music: "people were jiving in the aisles"
- 2. taunt or sneer at: informal North American "Willy kept jiving him until Jimmy left"
adjective
- 1. deceitful or worthless. informal North American
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The meaning of JIVE is glib, deceptive, or foolish talk. How to use jive in a sentence. Jive vs. Jibe
JIVE definition: 1. a fast dance that was very popular with young people in the 1940s and 1950s: 2. talk that has…. Learn more.
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 calledjive talk a variety of American slang spoken chiefly by Black people, esp jazz musicians. deliberately misleading or deceptive talk. ( as modifier )
Jive is a lively type of music that first became popular in the 1930s. If you’ve seen movies with people wearing 1930s clothing fast dancing and spinning around, chances are they’re dancing to jive music.
Jive Definition. Talk used in jiving someone. The jargon of jazz musicians and enthusiasts. Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk. A dance style popular in the 1940–50s. Jibe. To play or dance to jive music. To talk in an exaggerated, teasing, or misleading way. To talk or chat.
noun. 1. a style of lively and jerky dance performed to jazz and, later, to rock and roll, popular esp in the 1940s and 1950s. 2. Also called: jive talk.
Define jive. jive synonyms, jive pronunciation, jive translation, English dictionary definition of jive. early jazz; Slang. meaningless talk; to tease, fool, kid: Don’t jive me with your sweet talk.
A form of American English slang associated particularly with African American jazz and swing musicians in the Harlem area of New York in the 1930s and 1940s; (more generally) African American slang; jazz slang. Cf. jive talk n. c1938.
Definition of jive noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To mislead or deceive someone; to behave in a joking, silly, or teasing way. Also with about, around. Now often in to shuck and jive at shuck v.2 Phrases. The phrase to shuck and jive may now be considered controversial or offensive; see note at to shuck and jive at shuck v.2 Phrases. 1934.
