jive
noun
[ dʒʌɪv ]
• a lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
• a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians.
jive
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"
• be in accord; agree.
• "her facial expressions did not jive with what she was saying"
jive
adjective
• deceitful or worthless.
Origin:
1920s (originally US denoting meaningless or misleading speech): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz’ (1940s).
