Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Jazz or swing music.
- n. The jargon of jazz musicians and enthusiasts.
- n. Slang Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk: "the sexist, locker-room jive of men boasting and bonding” ( Trip Gabriel).
- v. To play or dance to jive music.
- v. Slang To talk nonsense; kid.
- v. Slang To talk or chat: "You just jive in one big group, putting each other on, trying to top the last line” ( Time).
- v. Slang To cajole or mislead.
- adj. Slang Misleading; phony.
Wiktionary
- v. To speak using a
jibe or interconnected jibes. - v. To deceive; to be deceptive.
- v. To dance.
- v. alternative spelling of jibe.
- n. A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
- n. Swing, a style of jazz music.
- n. Jive talk, a slang associated with black American musicians.
- n. Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- v. dance to jive music; dance the jive
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.
Examples
“Their gold, is our advanced/bronze class, i mean gold just learnt slingshot in jive and natural turn, though they do do this cool reverse natural top thing and something called a wiggle.”
“I don't regret having read them (although I hate when black jive is indicated through misspellings like "sho 'nuf").”
“The only way the Rockin’ Robin jive could have been worse is if they used the Megan Corkrey version from American Idol last year.”
“I remember a Hoagy Carmichael number, “Yabba Dabba Dabba Dabba Do,” Cab Calloway’s jumpin jive versions of Minnie the Moocher and Reefer Man, and Ry Cooder’s ‘Paris, Texas’ soundtrack (Bill Sr. liked this one so much he wanted it to be played at his wake, which it was).”
“The upbeat-ness of the jive could be a good one for Carson, especially since they've got Wham!”
“- Michael Bolton has told Bergeron it was "inappropriate and disrespectful" of Bruno to have told him his jive was the worst he's ever seen on the competition.”
The Washington Post: 'Dancing with Stars' airs Boo-Gate video, gives Michael Bolton the boot
“(AP) - Len and Bruno have fought - again - over Bruno's having told celebrity dancer Michael Bolton on Monday that his jive was the worst he'd seen in the show's history, and then given Bolton only three points for his effort.”
The Washington Post: 'Dancing with Stars' airs Boo-Gate video, gives Michael Bolton the boot
“The jive was my stronger dance because it was fun, kind of all American, a lot of energy and more music that I tend to like.”
“You know it, those so-called jive threatening letters, and you know it's a lie.”
“Any connection that had with the jive was a coincidence," Goodman said.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jive’.
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Origin unknown
bamboozle, ballyhoo, banter, bludgeon, chad, cocktail, culvert, curmugeon, dildo, dude, dweeb, dyke and 51 more...
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pretty dots all in a row
polka dotted words
hijack, jinx, jingle, beijing, jive, jilted, jittery, jill, hijab, haji, hajj, hijinks and 147 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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Origin Unknown
Words listed as "origin unknown."
spang, nincompoop, lollapalooza, jive, mosey, mull, lush, dog, swizzle, swizzle stick, wonk, hootchy-kootchy and 2 more...
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Move it!
Awesome actions or motions.
celerity, peremptory, volplane, founder, whirl, gallopade, rathe, jounce, jive, jink, jibe, jectigation and 17 more...
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Jazz Era
Swingin' and boppin' slang-a-lang.
mooche, moocher, kick the gong around, applesauce, the berries, hooch, juice joint, the john, rummy, screaming meemies, daddy, cokey and 65 more...
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Baby, Work Out!
Names of popular or once dances.
hully gully, slauson, twist, jitterbug, stroll, pony, mashed potato, swim, jerk, watusi, boogaloo, worm and 54 more...
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These words are about words.
words on words. yyep.
codex, folio, lexicon, tome, word stock, wordbook, wordlist, palaver, word index, argot, parlance, doublespeak and 68 more...
treeseed Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated among African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.
In Ballroom dancing, Jive is one of the five International Latin dances. In competition it is danced at a speed of 44 bars per minute, although in other cases this is reduced to between 32 and 40 bars per minute.
_Wikipedia Feb 25, 2008