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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
  • Sometimes the problem is not translation at all, but meanings that shift between two dialects of the same language.
    — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
  • Korea and China just demonstrated, in their very different dialects, that friction can be deliberately put back.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of dialects
Verb
  • Watch the trailer, which teases an intergalactic and perhaps inter-dimensional mission.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 July 2026
  • Mike Flanagan teases his approach to The Mist, likening it to his Carrie TV series.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
Definition of teases
Verb
  • 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
  • Montana jokes as a wide smile peeks out from under his beard.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 30 July 2026
Definition of jokes
Noun
  • This requires deployment at the edge, integration into proprietary data pipelines, fine-tuning for domain-specific vocabularies, and compliance with local data sovereignty laws.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • This gap can help explain why some children’s vocabularies grow so much faster than others.
    — Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 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
  • Local players globally are building AI-native products on local rails, in local languages, with local licenses and with local context, years before that attention arrives.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed a bill to make English one of the country’s official languages.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 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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