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noun

plural of jive
as in terminologies
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of jive
1
as in teases
to make fun of in a good-natured way don't be upset—we're just jiving you

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2
as in jokes
to make jokes our team was laughing and jiving after our surprise win

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Recent Examples of jives
Noun
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
  1. dialects
  2. teases
  3. jokes
  4. vocabularies
  5. kids
  6. banters
  7. languages
  8. quips
Noun
  • And while Hasidic dialects are by far the most spoken among modern Yiddish speakers, opportunities to learn the Hasidic dialect from native speakers like Malowicki are relatively rare.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Google says training across languages, dialects, and different proficiency levels helped the model learn structures shared between sign languages.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dialects
Verb
  • The final episode's preview teases an all-out war between the Targaryens and Hightowers, as well as shocking betrayals that are sure to shake up the series.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Watch the trailer, which teases an intergalactic and perhaps inter-dimensional mission.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 July 2026
Definition of teases
Verb
  • The bride jokes that everyone was so excited to celebrate that the party almost took them out.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Creighton jokes, explaining that making the film accessible to people is far more interesting to her than some sort of contrived celebrity impact campaign.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of jokes
Noun
  • Chinese law schools have accordingly placed greater weight on teaching Chinese students to argue using the vocabularies of foreign legal systems.
    — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
  • These systems aim to connect common vocabularies, graphs, data catalogs and enterprise metadata into one coherent semantic layer.
    — Harini Gopalakrishnan, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of vocabularies
Verb
  • Running under the surface of the film is the anxiety that kids his age are lucky to secure any job, even one as low-paying and exploitative as Erika’s studio assistant.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Idaho law mandates that kids age 14 or younger wear a life jacket on the water, according to the city.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 22 June 2026
Definition of kids
Verb
  • John banters with some reporters, but Carolyn is paralyzed by the flash.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Definition of banters
Noun
  • Sadhguru is also a bestselling author whose videos stream in 35 languages on social media.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Bible is widely read and loved in spite of the fact that most people don’t speak any of the languages in which it was originally written.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of languages
Verb
  • Byrd quips, adding that the next generation has emulated her work.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Certainly somebody is writing all those runway quips on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026
Definition of quips

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