Definition of "jive" in English

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.

   • Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!

2. (intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.

noun

1. (uncountable) A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.

2. (uncountable) Swing, a style of jazz music.

3. (uncountable) A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.

4. (US, colloquial) Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.

   • Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.

5. (US, colloquial, often derogatory) African-American Vernacular English.

verb

1. (US) To jibe, in the sense of to accord, to agree