jive
pronunciation
How to pronounce jive in British English:
UK [dʒaɪv]
How to pronounce jive in American English:
US [dʒaɪv]
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- Noun:
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
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- Verb:
- dance to jive music; dance the jive
Word Origin
- jive (v.1)
- 1928, "to deceive playfully," also "empty, misleading talk" (n.) and "a style of fast, lively jazz and dance music," American English, from Black English, probably of African origin (compare Wolof jev, jeu "talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner"). Related: Jived; jiving. Used from 1938 for "New York City African-American slang."
- jive (v.2)
- "agree," 1943, apparently a mistake for jibe (v.).
- jive (adj.)
- "not acting right," 1969, U.S. black English, from jive (n.) (see jive (1)). Extended form jive-ass (1964, adj.; 1969, n.) is defined in OED as "A word of fluid meaning and application."
Example
- 1. Jive is not an uncommon example .
- 2. Jive itself lists ibm and microsoft as examples of its main competitors .
- 3. The men jive chose are all talented , intelligent and well-respected people .
- 4. Jive although not open source , but there are other similar with it .
- 5. My father tought me how to do the jive .