jive

¹jive

noun \ˈjīv\

Definition of JIVE

1

: swing music or the dancing performed to it

2

a : glib, deceptive, or foolish talk b : the jargon of hipsters c : a special jargon of difficult or slang terms

— jivey \ˈjī-vē\ adjective

Examples of JIVE

1. She grew up talking street jive.
2. I'm tired of listening to your jive.

Origin of JIVE

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1928

Related to JIVE

Synonyms: argot, cant, dialect, jargon, terminology, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary

Related Words: colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism; slanguage; bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble

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Other Music Terms

cacophony, chorister, concerto, counterpoint, madrigal, obbligato, presto, presto, refrain, riff, segue

Rhymes with JIVE

chive, Clive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, live, rive, shrive, skive, strive, thrive, wive