JIVE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s
    • flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) jive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

JIVE as VERB

  1. 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 Derived(s)