jive
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To deceive; to be deceptive.
- To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
- To jibe, in the sense of to accord, to agree
Noun
- A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
- Swing, a style of jazz music.
- A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
- Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
- African-American Vernacular English.
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