Jive

/ˈd͡ʒaɪv/

Synonyms for "jive" (94 found)

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Closest matches (19)

acid rockavant-garde jazzbadinageballroom musicbanterbebopboogie woogieboogie-woogiebopchaff
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (28)

country rockdance musicdancesexchangefolk rockfoolingfooling aroundfungive-and-takegood-natured banterhard rockharmless teasinghazehot jazzjapejazzjest
Verb(1 words)

Related words (47)

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rhythm-and-bluesribrideridiculeroastrockrock-and-rollsportsuitesuite of dancesswingsyncopatesyncopated musicsyncopationteasethe new musictwit
Noun(10 words)

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15 entries
agreealignbasic jive stepdoubletalkfibgobbledygookjive dancejive musicjive nonsensejive stylejive talkjive turnliematchprevarication

Collocations

9 entries
jive dancejive musicjive rhythmjive slangjive stepjive stepsjive stylejive talkjive tempo

Inflections

5 entries
jivedjivesjivingmore jivemost jive

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Funky music, fellas! Let's jive!

Source: tatoeba (13627714)

Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!

Source: wiktionary

It's the year when all of the white politicians will be back in the so-called Negro community jiving you and me for some votes.

Source: wiktionary

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life; ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen!

Source: wiktionary

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