jive

Plural: jives

Noun

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
Swing, a style of jazz music.
A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
African-American Vernacular English.

Verb

Verb Forms: jived, jiving, jives

To play or dance to jazz or swing music.
dance to jive music; dance the jive
To deceive; to be deceptive.
To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
To jibe, in the sense of to accord, to agree

Examples

Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.
Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
His opponent tried to jive him with a fake word, but he caught it immediately.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in gyve (“shackle”). Alternatively, of African origin, compare Wolof jev, jeu (“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”).

Synonyms

swing, swing music, bullshit

Scrabble Score: 14

jive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
jive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

jive: valid Words With Friends Word