jive

Etymology 1
. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in. Alternatively, of African origin, compare,.

Verb

 * 1)  To deceive; to be deceptive.
 * Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
 * 1)  To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
 * 1)  To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.

Derived terms

 * shuck and jive

Translations

 * Dutch:, blaasjes wijsmaken
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , Quatsch erzählen
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: swingen
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:, menear el bote

Noun

 * 1)  A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
 * 2)  Swing, a style of jazz music.
 * 3)  A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
 * : patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
 * Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.
 * 1)  African-American Vernacular English.

Translations

 * Czech: jive

Verb

 * 1)  To jibe, in the sense of to accord, to agree

Usage notes

 * "Jive" and "jibe" have been used interchangeably in the US to indicate the concept "to agree or accord." While one recent dictionary accepts this usage of "jive," most sources consider it to be in error.


 * See also "jive turkey" for a related expression.

Noun

 * 1)  dance