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jive

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Verb

  1. To deceive; to be deceptive.
  2. To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
  3. To jibe, in the sense of to accord, to agree

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.
  4. Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
  5. African-American Vernacular English.

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