jive

jive  (jv)

n.

1.

a. Jazz or swing music.

b. The jargon of jazz musicians and enthusiasts.

2. Slang Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk: "the sexist, locker-room jive of men boasting and bonding" (Trip Gabriel).

v. jived, jiv·ing, jives

v.intr.

1. To play or dance to jive music.

2. Slang

a. To talk nonsense; kid.

b. To talk or chat: "You just jive in one big group, putting each other on, trying to top the last line" (Time).

v.tr. Slang

To cajole or mislead.

adj. Slang

Misleading; phony.

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jiver n.

jivey, jivy adj.

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jive [dʒaɪv]

n

1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) 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 a variety of American slang spoken chiefly by Blacks, esp jazz musicians

3.

a.  Slang chiefly US deliberately misleading or deceptive talk

b.  (as modifier) jive talk

vb

1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) (intr) to dance the jive

2. Slang chiefly US to mislead; tell lies (to)

[of unknown origin]

jiver  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jive - a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz swing music, swing jazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
Verb	1.	jive - dance to jive music; dance the jive dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"

Translations

jive [dʒaɪv]

A. N

1. (= music, dancing) → swing m

2. (US) (= big talk) → alardes mpl, palabrería f; (= nonsense) → chorradas fpl; (= slang used by Black people) (also jive talk) → jerga f (de la población negra norteamericana, en especial de los músicos de jazz)
don't give me all that jive → deja de decir chorradas

B. VI

1. (= dance) → bailar el swing

2. (= be kidding) → bromear

jive [ˈdʒaɪv]

vi (= dance) → danser le rock, danser le swing

n

(= music) → rock m, swing m

(= dance) → rock m, swing m

jive

n

(= dance) → Swing m

(US inf: = nonsense) don’t give me that jive → hör bloß mit dem Quatsch auf (inf)

vi → swingen, Swing tanzen