what does jive mean?
JIVE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s
- flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
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Hypernyms(s) jive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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JIVE as VERB
- Meaning
- dance to jive music
- dance the jive
Hypernyms(s) jive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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