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  • noun US, idiomatic, slang Someone who is jiving, as in dancing. Often applied to people being funny or showy.
  • noun US, idiomatic, slang Someone who is jiving, as in behaving in a glib and disingenuous fashion.

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Coined in the 1970s, African-American.

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