jive

5 definitions • 4 examples

a fast dance that was very popular with young people in the 1940s and 1950s:

My father taught me how to do the jive.

talk that has no meaning or is dishonest:

Don't believe a word he says, it's just a bunch of (= a lot of) jive!

to dance a jive

to try to make someone believe something that is untrue:

Quit jiving me and just tell me where you were!

dishonest talk intended to deceive:

Don’t give me this jive.