as in double
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
don't give me that jive talk about me being your new best friend
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as in terminology
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field
a novel that captures dead-on the jive of young Hollywood hipsters
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as in to joke
to make jokes
our team was laughing and jiving after our surprise win
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Recent Examples of jive
Lauren Huff, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
Waiters hustled back and forth with foaming bottles of beer, diners abandoned their pasta con le sarde to jive in the narrow alley with passersby, and the greengrocer nodded with the beat while weighing out half a kilo of artichokes for an older gentleman.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
As foreign service officers jockey and jive for influence, power, and a sense of significance, minorities, deprived of institutional support, are falling out of the ranks, victim to gaslighting and other adversities.
—Byjenny Abamu, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
More than 50 dancers swarmed the streets jumping, jiving, and shimmying as Shug pulled into town.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
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Adjective
For their first performances, the celebrity and pro duos' dances ran the gamut from the tango, to the cha-cha, salsa, foxtrot, and jive.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
Waiters hustled back and forth with foaming bottles of beer, diners abandoned their pasta con le sarde to jive in the narrow alley with passersby, and the greengrocer nodded with the beat while weighing out half a kilo of artichokes for an older gentleman.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Noun
If chlorine pools and water parks aren't your jive, there are plenty of swimming holes around Arizona that are begging to be explored.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
As foreign service officers jockey and jive for influence, power, and a sense of significance, minorities, deprived of institutional support, are falling out of the ranks, victim to gaslighting and other adversities.
—Byjenny Abamu, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
Verb
Virgo Virgo is another earth sign Aquarius may not jive with.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
More than 50 dancers swarmed the streets jumping, jiving, and shimmying as Shug pulled into town.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jive
Adjective
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Wallace’s fourth victim, Audrey Spain, and his seventh, Vanessa Mack, were killed in almost identical fashion — with double ligatures, says Price, who was lead detective on the Spain case.Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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Living double lives, find themselves on a treacherous path where escape may be impossible.Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The situation was, to use Kraft’s terminology this week, untenable.Chad Graff, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Judge John Robert Blakey held a charge conference for attorneys on Jan. 2, when prosecutors and the defense teams discussed terminology used in the indictment.Jim Talamonti | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Jan. 2025
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The chart-topping singer teased her appearance on the program last year, sharing moments from her time on the set with popular characters like Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Pro Pickleball gets its first Video Game In mid July 2024, the PPA Pickleball video game, teased in Nov 2023, is officially released.Todd Boss, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who wants continued access to the app could move to another country, a creator joked in a video posted to the platform.Auzinea Bacon, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
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This jubilance, and appreciation for Messam’s work was documented on Good Morning America, where the actor joked with Robin Roberts about taking the role in order to wear the armor.Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While fake kidnapping calls aimed at exploiting worried parents are a familiar tactic for some criminals, advancements in technology are making these scams far more convincing and harder to detect.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Fraudsters have devised sophisticated registration bots to mimic real users, coded to flood companies’ systems with fake OTPs.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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The body of water first showed up on European maps in the 1500s and has had at least 32 names in different languages and dialects throughout the years.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Much of the driving dialogue is in Irish, and most importantly, in the Ulster dialect.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Reid wasn’t kidding, because ice can be a bear to remove.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
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There is a sense that, while nobody is kidding themselves that all of those players aren’t there for the money, Neymar hasn’t bought into the Saudi project — publicly at least — as much as others.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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While lip reading is commonly used as a way for those with hearing disabilities to understand speech and conversations, it’s also called upon for legal matters and police investigations.Emily Holgate, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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Also, lip skin is thinner, making blood vessels more apparent.Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Jive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jive. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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