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Definitions: Jive |
JiveNoun1. A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz. Verb1. Dance to jive music; dance the jive. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Slang | Verb. Source: From the word jive which means lively, fast, dancing to music. Definition: Doing and wanting to have fun, saying this term in a jubilous way. Context: When friends are wanting to go out and have fun or to go to a social gathering with other peers. Social Source: "The Gals From All Over". Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Jive is a dance style that originated among African-Americans in the early 1900s. It is thought to be derived from the boogie woogie dance style.
Modern Jive derives from dance styles including Swing, Lindy Hop and Rock and Roll.
Jive can also mean glib, or foolish, as in You're jivin me. or Don't give me none of that jive talk!
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jive."
Synonyms: JiveSynonyms: swing (n), swing music (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Jive |
| Specialty definitions using "jive": Jiven. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Jive" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (jive). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You two for a nickel, jive time, freak time whore. (Hit Man; writing credit: Ted Lewis; George Armitage) It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving. (Trading Places; writing credit: Timothy Harris; Herschel Weingrod) | |
Lyrics | Hey, let's do the Hand Jive! (Limbo Rock/Hand Jive; performing artist: Brave Combo) Let me teach you how to jive and wail (Jump Jive An' Wail; performing artist: Brian Setzer Orchestra; writing credit: L. Prima) You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life ("Dancing Queen"; performing artist: Abba) Fast talkin' good looking flim flam jive (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer) At the age of five I didn't take no jive ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jitterbug Jive (1950) Junior Jive Bombers (1944) Jungle Jive (1944) Sonny Dunham and His Orchestra in Jive Busters (1944) Jive Junction (1943) | |
Song Titles | Java Jive (performing artist: The Ink Spots) See My Baby Jive (performing artist: Wizzard) | |
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Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Music |
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| "Jive" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.87% of the time. "Jive" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60.87% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 26.09% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 13.04% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 23 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "jive": jive-talking. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
jive record | 413 | jive train | 10 |
jive | 159 | jive talking | 9 |
jive translator | 65 | harlem in jive tango | 8 |
jive jones | 58 | dictionary jive | 7 |
bionic jive | 50 | the jive server | 7 |
jive records.com | 34 | jump jive | 7 |
jive bunny | 32 | jive music | 7 |
hand jive | 28 | jive speak | 7 |
bionic jive lyrics | 26 | jive n shuck | 7 |
java jive | 19 | hand jive willie | 6 |
jive talk | 17 | airplane jive | 6 |
jump jive wail | 16 | jive necky | 6 |
jive turkey | 16 | jive jump lyrics wail | 6 |
jive five | 15 | java jive lyrics | 6 |
mystikal jive | 14 | jive talkin | 5 |
jive record address | 13 | jive translation | 5 |
fresh jive | 13 | ask jive | 5 |
jive dancing | 11 | jive record company | 5 |
jive modern | 11 | com jive record | 5 |
dance jive | 11 | jive bunny the mastermixers | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "jive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | xhaz (jazz). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | танц с жива джазова музика, закачам (append, bangle, catch, clasp, dangle, graze, hang, hang out, hang up, hitch, hook, jolly, pin on, pin up, put up, rib, ride, roast, rough-house, tease, tooth, twit), жаргон на джазови изпълнители, жива джазова музика, баламосване (gammon, kid, leg pull), дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, dig, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, harass, irritate, jar, mad, madden, nag, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rag, rasp, rib, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, twit, vex, worry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tanec (cotillon, dance, dancing, fox-trot, rock 'n' roll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چرند (Baloney, Bilk, Corny, Crap, Hokum, Inane, Ludicrous, Nonsensical, Rigmarole, Shenanigan, Silly, Stuff, Trashy, Unmeaning, Windy), کلمات بیهوده واحمقانه , رقص سوینگ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | swingmusik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | είδοσ λικνιστικήσ μουσικήσ τζάζ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dzsesszmuzsika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | musica jazz (jazz). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivejay judo (Judy, juju, jukebox). (various references) jaz (jazz, ragtime). (various references) болтовня (badinage, banter, blether, cackle, chat, chatter, chitchat, clatter, confabulation, footle, gab, gammon, gas, gassing, gossip, gup, hubble bubble, mag, patter, piffle, rattle, spiels, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, wish-wash). (various references) džez (jazz), brbljanje (babblement, blabber, blather, gab, gibber, prattle, twaddle), žargon džezista. (various references) jerga (argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patter, pig latin, slang), jazz (jazz), jactancias, swing, chorradas (bollocks), bromear (banter, daff, deride, fool, fool around, fun, jape, jest, joke, kid on, play, spoof), bailar el swing, bailar el jazz, alardes (boasting). (various references) jive, dansa jive. (various references) เต้นรำในจังหวะร็อคแอน"์โรลหรือแจ๊ส, การเต้นในจังหวะเพลงเร็ว. (various references) gevezelik (babbling, cackle, chattering, chinwag, chitchat, clack, comment, gab, gabble, garrulity, gossip, indiscretion, jaw, loquaciousness, loquacity, mouthiness, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, talky-talk, tattle, volubility, windiness, yap), caz çalmak (jazz), caz (blues, jazz). (various references) виконувати джазову музику (jazz), базікати марно, пусте базікання (bibble-babble, rigmarole), джазова музика. (various references) chuyên rỗng tuếch, chuyện vớ vẩn (boloney, buncombe, bunkum, cack, cackle, fiddle-de-dee, flapdoodle, flim-flam, guff, haver, tommy rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jive": jiveass, jived, jiver, jivers, jives, jivey. (additional references) | |
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"Jive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aive, ajive, Ije, jafe, jaif, jaite, jaqe, Jave, Javea, javi, jeev, jeeve, jef, jev, jeva, jeve, Jever, jice, jide, jie, jien, jif, jife, jifi, jige, jiget, Jijel, jike, jile, jime, jine, jipe, jire, Jireh, jise, jite, jiv, jiva, jivel, jiver, jivet, jivey, jivy, jixe, Jiye, Jiyeh, jize, jof, jofe, joif, joiv, jouve, jov, jova, jovel, jover, juf, juive, juv, juva, juvat, juve, Njie, ojive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jive" (pronounced jī"v) |
| 2 | -ī" v | alive, arrive, connive, contrive, deprive, derive, dive, drive, five, hive, live, revive, shive, strive, survive, thrive. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-j-v" | |
-1 letter: vie. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-j-v" | |
+1 letter: jived, jiver, jives, jivey. | |
+2 letters: jivers, jivier. | |
+3 letters: javelin, jiveass, jiviest, jussive. | |
+4 letters: ejective, jarovize, javelina, javelins, jussives, juvenile, verjuice. | |
+5 letters: adjective, adjustive, bijective, ejectives, injective, jarovized, jarovizes, javelinas, javelined, juveniles, juvenilia, objective, rejective, verjuices. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 69 76 65 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- .. ...- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)44758871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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