jive

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Verb

1. To deceive; to be deceptive.
   • Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
2. To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
3. To speak in jive (jazz or hipster slang).

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. Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
   • Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.
5. African-American Vernacular English.
6. Marijuana

Adjective

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Verb

1. To jibe: to accord, to agree.

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