jive
/ˈdʒaɪv/ · noun
Meaning
- A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
- Swing, a style of jazz music.
- A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
- Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
- African-American Vernacular English.
- To deceive; to be deceptive.
- To dance.
- To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
- To accord or agree.
- Alternative spelling of gybe
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