Word: jive

Category: jive

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Related words: jive

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Synonyms: jive

swing, swing music

Translations: jive

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spanish
Translations:
swing, jerga, jive el, de Jive
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german
Translations:
swingmusik, Swing, Swingmusik
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french
Translations:
swing, Jive, le swing, le jive, de Jive
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italian
Translations:
musica jazz, Jive, di Jive
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portuguese
Translations:
jazz, Jive, Jive o, Jive a, a Jive
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dutch
Translations:
van Jive, jive van
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russian
Translations:
джаз, джайв, Jive, дживе, болтовня
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swedish
Translations:
bugg
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danish
Translations:
Jive, Jive af
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czech
Translations:
tanec, Jive, džajv
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hungarian
Translations:
dzsesszmuzsika, Jive, a Jive
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turkish
Translations:
caz, caz çalmak
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greek
Translations:
είδος λικνιστικής μουσικής τζάζ, το jive, το ζωηρό χορό, ζωηρών χορών
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ukrainian
Translations:
джайв
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albanian
Translations:
xhaz, Jive
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bulgarian
Translations:
дразня, баламосване, закачам, Jive, Джайв
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belarusian
Translations:
джайв
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estonian
Translations:
džaiv, JIVE, JIVE Välja
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croatian
Translations:
džez, brbljanje, Jive, korespondira, žargon džezista
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lithuanian
Translations:
Jive, Džiazo muzika, Aizrautīgi, Aizrautīgi pažymėti, Slengas džiazo muzikantų
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latvian
Translations:
svinga mūzika, Jive, aizrautīgi svinot
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macedonian
Translations:
закачам
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romanian
Translations:
jaz, Jive, prostit
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slovenian
Translations:
z Jive
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slovak
Translations:
tanec

The meaning and "use of": jive

noun
  • a lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll. - She'd added a little jazz to her dance this time, some quicksteps and jives .
  • a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians. - With a name full of jargon jive and a cast of unknown comedians and aspiring actors, this marketed as a hip urban comedy sounds like a prescription for disaster.
verb
  • perform the jive or a similar dance to popular music. - people were jiving in the aisles
  • taunt or sneer at. - Willy kept jiving him until Jimmy left
adjective
  • deceitful or worthless. - We all still have Zoidberg, but we all are jive turkeys.

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