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Definition jive in American English

jive noun

noun
/dʒaɪv/
1

a dance to fast music that became popular in the 1930s and 1940s in which a man and a woman hold hands and the man swings the woman around

Synonyms and related words
belly dance bolero boogie
1.1

music that people can dance a jive to

Synonyms and related words
bolero bossa nova cha-cha
2

something that someone says that you do not believe is true

Synonyms and related words
lie invention falsehood
3

a style of singing that developed in the 1930s and 1940s in which words are sung in a humorous way

Synonyms and related words
a cappella barbershop choral
Definition jive in American English