'jive' definitions:
Definition of 'jive'
(from WordNet)
noun
A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz [syn: swing, swing music, jive]
verb
Dance to jive music; dance the jive
Definition of 'jive'
From: GCIDE
- jive \jive\ n. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
- Syn: swing, swing music. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'jive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid rock,
- avant-garde jazz,
- badinage,
- ballroom music,
- banter,
- bebop,
- boogie-woogie,
- bop,
- chaff,
- country rock,
- dance music,
- dances,
- exchange,
- folk rock,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- fun,
- give-and-take,
- good-natured banter,
- hard rock,
- harmless teasing,
- haze,
- hot jazz,
- jape,
- jazz,
- jest,
- joke,
- jolly,
- josh,
- kid,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- mainstream jazz,
- musical suite,
- needle,
- persiflage,
- play jazz,
- pleasantry,
- put on,
- rag,
- ragtime,
- raillery,
- rally,
- rallying,
- razz,
- rhythm-and-blues,
- rib,
- ride,
- ridicule,
- roast,
- rock,
- rock-and-roll,
- sport,
- suite,
- suite of dances,
- swing,
- syncopate,
- syncopated music,
- syncopation,
- tease,
- the new music,
- twit