jives

Dances to swing

Jives is the verb form of jive—to play or dance to jazz or swing music, or to talk in a teasing, deceptive, or exaggerated way: He jives her about her cooking.

In African American Vernacular English, jive originally meant empty talk or nonsense.

The phrase that jives with meaning "agrees with" is a common confusion with "jibes."

accord

agrees

Holds the same opinion

harmonizes · corresponds · meshes · squares · syncs · accords · coincides · conforms · tallies · dovetails

music

jazz

Improvisational American music genre

  • swingSuspended recreational seat
  • bebopFast, complex jazz style
  • bluesMournful American music genre

soul · funk · groove · rhythm · improvisation · syncopation · offbeat · polyrhythm · backbeat · saxophone

dance

lindy hop

Harlem-born swing dance style

  • swingSuspended recreational seat
  • jitterbugEnergetic swing-era partner dance
  • shagLong-napped rug type

boogie-woogie · savoy · whip · aerials · big band · zoot suit · bebop · rockabilly

slang

lingo

Group-specific vocabulary

  • argotGroup-specific coded speech
  • jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
  • patoisRegional informal speech

cant · vernacular · beatnik · hip · cool · cat · daddy-o · dig · groovy · scene

teasing

jokes

Humorous remarks or stories

  • kidsYoung human offspring
  • ribsThoracic bone set
  • razzesMocks in good humor

needles · teases · banters · quips · mocks · taunts · goads · wisecracks · jests · pokes fun

Opposites
agreement/consistency

jivescontradicts

Denies or opposes directly

conflicts · clashes · disagrees · diverges · contrasts

sincerity of speech

jiveslevels with

Speaks honestly to

comes clean · confides · discloses

dance/music style

jiveswaltzes

Triple-time ballroom dances

minuets · ballet · ballroom · classical dance · slow dance

Phrases
Family

jive, jiving, jived

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G