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How to pronounce “jive”
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Pronunciation guide for jive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of jive with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Thinking in Bets
jive with this positive self-narrative,
- Definition summary
- (transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce jive
Thinking in Bets
jive with this positive self-narrative,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “jive”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
- [Noun]
- (uncountable) A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.
- (uncountable) Swing, a style of jazz music.
- (uncountable) A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.
- (US, colloquial) Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
- (US, colloquial, often derogatory) African-American Vernacular English.
- [Adjective]
- (dated, Black slang) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Practice Nearby Words
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