Definizione monolingua

jive

jive (third-person singular simple present jives, present participle jiving, simple past and past participle jived)

1. To speak using a jibe or interconnected jibes.
2. (transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.

   Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!

3. (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"")

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.

Definizione dizionario jive

jive

Altri significati:

(intransitive, colloquial) To dance.

(US) Alternative spelling of jibe.

be deceptive

(transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.

A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.

deceptive talk

To speak using a jibe or interconnected jibes.

Jive talk, a slang associated with black American musicians.

(US, colloquial) Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.

Swing, a style of jazz music.

dance

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