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jive talk — n. slang; contemporary fad words. □ I like to hear jive talk. It’s like trying to work a puzzle. □ He stands by the window with a pad of paper and takes down the jive talk he hears … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Jive talk — type of American Negro and jazz slang … Dictionary of Australian slang
jive talk — Australian Slang type of American Negro and jazz slang … English dialects glossary
jive talk — n. slang; currently popular words and phrases … English slang
jive — [d3aiv] 1. n. drugs; marijuana. (Drugs. See also gyve.) □ Stop using all that jive all the time. □ That jive is gonna be the end of you. 2. n. back talk. □ Cut the jive, man! □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jive — noun 1》 a lively dance popular in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll. 2》 a style of dance music popular in South Africa. 3》 (also jive talk) a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians. 4》 N. Amer.… … English new terms dictionary
jive — [[t]ʤa͟ɪv[/t]] jives, jiving, jived 1) VERB If you jive, you dance energetically, especially to rock and roll or swing music. [INFORMAL] I learnt to jive there when they got the jukebox. 2) N UNCOUNT Jive is rock and roll or swing music that you… … English dictionary
jive — I. n 1. deceitful or pretentious talk or behaviour, nonsense. See also jive talk 2. a style of fast dancing to accompany swing music or rock n roll Both senses of the term originate in black American slang of unknown etymology (it may be from… … Contemporary slang
Jive filter — Jive, also known as the Jive Filter, is a novelty program that converts plain English to a comic dialect known as jive a parody of African American speech. Some versions of the filter were adapted to parody other forms of English speech, such as… … Wikipedia
jive — ► NOUN 1) a style of lively dance popular in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll. 2) N. Amer. informal exaggerated or misleading talk. ► VERB 1) dance the jive. 2) N. Amer. informal talk in an exaggerated or misleading… … English terms dictionary
