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Word: Jive
Speech Type: Noun
1920s (originally US denoting meaningless or misleading speech): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz’ (1940s)
dʒʌɪv
a lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
Short Definition:dance performed to swing music or rock and roll
a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians.
Short Definition:slang associated with jazz musicians
Word: Jive
Speech Type: Verb
dʒʌɪv
perform the jive or a similar dance to popular music
Short Definition:perform jive
Examples:- people were jiving in the aisles
taunt or sneer at
Short Definition:taunt
Examples:- Willy kept jiving him until Jimmy left
be in accord; agree
Short Definition:be in accord
Examples:- her facial expressions did not jive with what she was saying
Word: Jive
Speech Type: Adjective
dʒʌɪv
deceitful or worthless.
Short Definition:deceitful or worthless
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