jive

noun

/dʒaɪv/

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[uncountable, singular] a fast dance to music with a strong beat, especially popular in the 1950s
[uncountable] (North American English, old-fashioned, informal) ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym nonsense
- to talk jive

Word Origin1920s (originally US denoting meaningless or misleading speech): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz’ (1940s).

jive

verb

/dʒaɪv/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they jive	/dʒaɪv/ /dʒaɪv/
he / she / it jives	/dʒaɪvz/ /dʒaɪvz/
past simple jived	/dʒaɪvd/ /dʒaɪvd/
past participle jived	/dʒaɪvd/ /dʒaɪvd/
-ing form jiving	/ˈdʒaɪvɪŋ/ /ˈdʒaɪvɪŋ/

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[intransitive] to dance to jazz or rock and roll music
[intransitive, transitive] jive (somebody) (North American English, old-fashioned, informal) to try to make somebody believe something that is not true synonym kid

Word Origin1920s (originally US denoting meaningless or misleading speech): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz’ (1940s).