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Definitions for jive
dʒaɪvjive

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word jive.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. swing, swing music, jiveverb

    a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

  2. jiveverb

    dance to jive music; dance the jive

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  1. jive

    Jive is a form of language, particularly a slang, associated with black American jazz musicians or a style of fast, lively music or dance. More broadly, it can refer to insincere, pretentious or misleading talk or behavior. It originated from African American Vernacular English.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of jive in a Sentence

  1. Airplane:

    Jive Lady Just hang loose blood. She gonna handa your rebound on the med side.

  2. Devin Nunes:

    More alarming, what we hear the president and his senior officials saying to the public - it just doesn't jive with, what they're saying in public and what we see on the ground.

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  • dumm daher schwätzen, swingenGerman
  • [[menear]] el [[bote]], mentir, cuento chino, bailar, engañarSpanish
  • hölynpöly, pötypuhe, hämätä, tanssiaFinnish
  • giavaItalian
  • jiveHebrew
  • misleiden, swingen, smoes, nonsens, blaasjes wijsmaken, zever, dansenDutch
  • engambelar, engabelarPortuguese

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