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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

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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as in jokes

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

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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

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That requires someone who can teach those ideas and terminologies to players who learn in different ways and at different speeds.

— David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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The news of the deal comes with a trailer that teases Druski’s whole career being turned into Netflix shows.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
The renewal announcement teases new revelations coming to light, major character arcs and shocking twists next season.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of teases

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Artificial Reef Coordinator Jordan Byrum jokes that fans of the old bridge will be able to put on scuba gear and stand in traffic lanes at a depth of about 15-feet.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
Meyers-Shyer jokes that on a recent Ask Me Anything, she was asked to describe her landscape.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of jokes

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Born from the international slave trade during the 18th century, the hybrid language primarily blended the French spoken by colonists and slavers with multiple West African dialects, particularly from the Senegambian region.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2026
But hearing that sweet murder-durder voice spring ferth from Ray Donovan is, quite frankly, werth the price of admission for those of us holding an outsized appreciation for actors attempting difficult regional dialects.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of dialects

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Yet a 2023 Stanford study said that Pangram was biased against non-native English speakers, who might have more limited vocabularies, and many AI researchers contend that such detectors are unreliable.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of vocabularies

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Picking up her weekly shopping, pensioner Ute Istock quips that the choice of apple varieties is as broad as that of candidates on the ballot sheets in last month's city election — adding that this is not necessarily a good thing.

— Esme Nicholson, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Marsh, who played a biologist in the series Unstable, says Stanford-area scientists coached the cast on lab technique, though quips that the academic community may be disappointed by their pipetting.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

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