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Meanings of jive in English

Portuguese
swing
Catalan
swing
Wikidata

A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.

swing
Usage of jive in English
1
Neither club is yet equipped to jive with the surest of foot.
The Guardian
2
Seth returned the smile, exposing crooked teeth, yellow from years of jive-sweet.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
3
We don't like the cast of Foxy Brown anymore, you jive turkeys.
Ebony
4
His neat printing contrasts wildly with the bullshit jive of the message.
Mr. Mercedes
5
That really does not jive with their climate goals, she said.
The Guardian
6
I kind of had to shuck and jive my way around certain situations.
Ebony
7
Jeff, does this jive with your approach to aid in the developing world?
The new yorker
8
Hip-hop by way of Johannesburg jive, Mexican Mariachi and hillbilly jiggery-pokery.
The Irish Times
9
But this story doesn't jive with what we're hearing at all.
Wired
10
Maybe that's why you're cranky today. I started humming a popular jive-sweet tune.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
11
Nobody could jive to the twisting Katia or the title track.
The Guardian
12
You've got my word on that, and Cassie Washington doesn't jive.
The Dreaming Place
13
He picked a sliver of jive-sweet off his lip before he spoke again.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
14
They both looked tired in their jive, as did everyone in the end.
The Guardian
15
There is jive and jazz and an England versus Wales Grand Poetry Slam.
The Guardian
16
The copy-modify-merge approach often doesn't jive with how sysadmins work.
Automating system administration with perl
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Translations for jive
Portuguese
swingswing jazz
Catalan
swing
Jive through the time
Jive across language varieties
United States of America
Common