jive

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The counterpoint to their jump and jive, the foil to their fancy footwork, I walk slowly toward him.

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  1. noun Jazz or swing music.
  2. noun The jargon of jazz musicians and enthusiasts.
  3. noun Slang Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk: "the sexist, locker-room jive of men boasting and bonding” (Trip Gabriel).
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  • It was all tongue-in-cheek jive, and I meant no harm in it, but even my wife told me I was toeing the line. —  St. Paul Real Estate
  • I can understand that this sort of speculation hurts Molly and Jason - but something doesn't jive, and frankly, I am not too concerned about their feelings at the moment. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Karina: We were doing the jive, and Billy Ray had to do a jump and a sit, and as he did the sit, the pants split, so he freaked out and looked underneath, and there was the crotch shot. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Mzanzi - Africa Delight: Sylvia Glasser's Moving Into Dance Mophatong presents many different dance styles including township jive, Afrofusion, traditional Zulu dance, contemporary and blends them all in a homegrown spectacle. —  Tonight
  • But you get the point: the two of us didn't mix, jive, or coagulate —  Verbal Spew
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