JIVE

Jive

In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance. Glenn Miller introduced his own jive dance in 1938 with the song "Doin' the Jive" which never caught on.

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jive

Noun

  1. A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
  2. Swing, a style of jazz music.
  3. A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
  4. Nonsense; transparently deceptive talk.
    Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.

Verb

  1. To speak using a jibe or interconnected jibes.
  2. To deceive; to be deceptive.
    Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
  3. To dance.
    You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life; ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen! (, "")
  4. To agree, to accord.
    We don’t quite understand how these two issues jive.

Verb (etymology 2)



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