[
UK
/dʒˈaɪv/
]
[ US /ˈdʒaɪv/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒaɪv/ ]
VERB
- dance to jive music; dance the jive
NOUN
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
How To Use jive In A Sentence
- Their movements have a likable jazzy syncopation, a bit of relaxed jive.
- And Johnson has some advice for people aspiring to a comfortable living playing music: ‘I've set it in my mind that I will not jive anybody, and not be jived by anybody.’
- My polygamist tendencies wouldn't jive with your inclination for monogamy.
- I don't think the textures jive perfectly but the chile relleno taco is definitely something I haven't seen many other places.
- In 2002, when Sullivan was 15, things took what seemed to be a queen-size leap forward - an A&R rep from Jive Records caught one of Sullivan's Lily performances, which led to the label signing the then-sophomore to a deal. Undefined
- Now, jobs figures still aren't dancing the jive yet, but prices are spiraling higher and higher, mocking the Fed's directorate for central planning.
- There was swing and jive in the dance halls, mambo in the bars, boogie-woogie piano playing in the dockside cathouses. DESPERADOES
- She made it to the show's semi-finals with her professional dance partner, having learnt to dance the waltz, foxtrot, samba, rumba, jive and quickstep among others.
- It's a nice portrait of Strummer the hipster, talking his jive talk and dropping the needle on U Roy records to a worldwide audience.
- The concerts have featured internationally renowned bands playing music as diverse as African dance music, ska, jive, salsa and Bhangra.