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the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
a novel that captures dead-on the jive of young Hollywood hipsters
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as in jokes
to make jokes
our team was laughing and jiving after our surprise win
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Recent Examples of jives
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Though using public transportation jives with the country’s Swisstainable initiative, which encourages visitors to get around without a car, Gambarogno is a bit harder to navigate as trains only run to Cadenazzo station, necessitating onward travel by bus.
—Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
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Edmond’s current job as a realtor jives well with her dream of opening a nonprofit group home.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Though using public transportation jives with the country’s Swisstainable initiative, which encourages visitors to get around without a car, Gambarogno is a bit harder to navigate as trains only run to Cadenazzo station, necessitating onward travel by bus.
—Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jives
Verb
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The trailer for the film, released this morning, teases an emotional Matt and Ross Duffer wrapping up the Netflix tentpole show that took 10 years to make.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2026
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The trailer teases a sharp, self-aware story about ambition, reinvention, and the business of superhero mythmaking.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
5 Jan. 2026
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The content creator jokes that for her, with each new year, the same old aspirations roll around time and again — though she's never been one for big sweeping resolutions.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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There are also characters everyone jokes about.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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From that point, she was infatuated with Appalachian and southern dialects.—
Annie Joy Williams,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
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The school district, where at least 20 languages and dialects are spoken, has higher high school graduation and college attendance rates than the state and national average, and one of Nebraska’s biggest marching bands.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Fortune,
22 Dec. 2025
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Rates for the winter journey to the North Pole start at approximately $42 for adults (and kids ages 12 and over) and just over $31 for children ages two to 11.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now, Wilson is showing off his brand's latest back-to-school collection as part of Macy's x Rookie kids fashion show, and his three eldest kids walked the runway.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Davidson then casually banters back and forth with Alexa about his preferred nickname.—
Jaures Yip,Kif Leswing,Annie Palmer,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
22 Nov. 2025
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Children who are read to from under a year old often have larger and more complex vocabularies than their peers by the age of three.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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The 306-page book use solos by Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis and other jazz immortals to provide melodic and rhythmic vocabularies for improvisation.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Nov. 2025
Verb
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As always, the panel of judges are full of quirks and quips with a montage showing Goldman, Brown and Fuller’s silliness.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The two trade quips from Casablanca.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Google plans to expand to other languages and countries in the coming months.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Jives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jives. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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