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The Meaning of jive

  • (noun) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
  • (verb) dance to jive music; dance the jive

Homophones

gyve

Rhymes

alive , archive , arrive , beehive , c5 , chive , clive , clyve , connive , contrive , deprive , derive , dive , dr , drive , five , hive , live , m5 , nosedive , overdrive , revive , shive , shrive , skive , strive , survive , thrive , vive