English
jive
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈdʒaɪv/
Verb

jive (jives, present participle jiving; past and past participle jived)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
    Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) To dance.
    You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life; ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen! (ABBA, "Dancing Queen")
Translations Translations
  • German: swingen
  • Italian: giava
  • Spanish: bailar, menear el bote
Noun

jive (plural jives)

  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.
  4. (US, colloquial) Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
    Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.
  5. (US, colloquial, often pejorative) African-American Vernacular English.
Translations Verb

jive (jives, present participle jiving; past and past participle jived)

  1. (US) Alternative spelling of jibe


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