Jive is a fast lively dance done to swing music. Dance the jive, a jive band, jive steps.
In ballroom competition it is the fastest of the Latin dances and the last one danced, which is why couples are visibly exhausted by it. In American slang jive means deceitful talk, and don't give me that jive comes from there rather than from the dance.
1nounjiveA fast lively dance done to swing music.
“The couple danced a lively jive to an old swing tune at the wedding.”
jive is a dance.
The origin is unknown. It appears first in American slang meaning deceptive talk, and the dance sense followed.
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unknown. Slang attested in African-American and rural American culture. Frequently used to imply lying, verbal deception or trickery. Has a possible historical antecedent in gyve (“shackle”). Alternatively, of African origin, compare wo jev, jeu (“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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