n.
- a lively dance popular in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
- a style of dance music popular in South Africa.
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(also jive talk)
a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians.
- N. Amer. informal deceptive or meaningless talk.
v.
- dance the jive.
- N. Amer. informal deceive or mislead.
▸talk nonsense.
adj.
N. Amer. informal deceitful or worthless.
Derivative
Etymology
1920s (orig. US, in sense 4): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz’.
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