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jive — I UK [dʒaɪv] / US noun Word forms jive : singular jive plural jives 1) a) [countable] a dance to fast music that became popular in the 1930s and 1940s in which a man and a woman hold hands and the man swings the woman round b) [uncountable] music … English dictionary
jive — ☆ jive1 [jīv ] vt., vi. jived, jiving [altered < JIBE2: sense development, to taunt banter improvise swing (music)] Slang to speak (to) in a way that is exaggerated, insincere, flippant, etc., esp. in trying to fool or mislead n. 1. Slang talk … English World dictionary
jive — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1928 1. swing music or the dancing performed to it 2. a. glib, deceptive, or foolish talk b. the jargon of hipsters c. a special jargon of difficult or slang terms • jivey adjective II … New Collegiate Dictionary
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List of pangrams — This is a list of pangrams which are sentences using every letter of the alphabet at least once.= Perfect pangrams in English (26 letters) = Without proper nouns or initialisms * Cwm fjord bank glyphs vext quiz. ( Carved symbols in a mountain… … Wikipedia
jive — jiver, n. /juyv/, n., v., jived, jiving, adj. n. 1. swing music or early jazz. 2. the jargon associated with swing music and early jazz. 3. Slang. deceptive, exaggerated, or meaningless talk: Don t give me any of that jive! v.i. 4. to play jive … Universalium
G-funk — noun Abbreviation for Gangsta funk, a type of hip hop music. Man, I love sitting back and listening to some jived out G funk! … Wiktionary
jive — {{11}}jive (adj.) not acting right, 1969, U.S. black English, from jive (n.) (see JIVE (Cf. jive) (1)). Extended form jive ass (1964, adj.; 1969, n.) is defined in OED as A word of fluid meaning and application. {{12}}jive (v.1) 1928, to deceive… … Etymology dictionary
jive — [[t]ʤa͟ɪv[/t]] jives, jiving, jived 1) VERB If you jive, you dance energetically, especially to rock and roll or swing music. [INFORMAL] I learnt to jive there when they got the jukebox. 2) N UNCOUNT Jive is rock and roll or swing music that you… … English dictionary
