noun Download 🔗Share A dance style popular in the 1940–50s. Examples : "The dance teacher taught the students a few basic jive steps. " dance music entertainment culture style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Swing, a style of jazz music. Examples : "The dance club played some upbeat jive music, and everyone started to swing. " music dance entertainment style culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon. Examples : "My cousin used a lot of jive at the party, making it hard for me to understand what he was saying. " culture music language style entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk. Examples : "Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night." communication language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share African-American Vernacular English. Examples : "My friend used a lot of jive in his story about the school dance. " language culture communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To deceive; to be deceptive. Examples : "Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!" communication language character attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To dance. Examples : "The teenagers jived to the upbeat music at the school dance. " dance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. Examples : "The teacher jived the student for not completing his homework. " language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To say in a mocking or taunting manner. Examples : "The older brother jived at his younger sister's clumsy attempt at tying her shoelaces. " language communication word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. Examples : "The other kids jived at Sarah for wearing mismatched socks to school. " communication language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To accord or agree. Examples : "That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts." attitude communication language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Alternative spelling of gybe Examples : "The sailboat jived sharply, catching the wind from a different direction. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading