English-Thai Dictionary
jive
N การ เต้น ใน จังหวะ เพลง เร็ว ู fast dance kan-ten-nai-jang-wa-pleng-reo
jive
N เรื่องไร้สาระ (คำ แสลง เรื่องเหลวไหล nonsense ruang-rai-sa-ra
jive
VI หลอก (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ kid tease lok
jive
VI เต้นรำ ใน จังหวะ ร็อค แอนด์ โรล หรือ แจ๊ส ten-ram-nai-jang-wa-rok-aen-ron-rue-jaes
jive
VT หลอก (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ kid tease fool lok
New American Oxford Dictionary
jive
jive |jīv ʤaɪv | ▶noun 1 a lively style of dance popular esp. in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll. • swing music. • a style of dance music popular in South Africa: township jive. 2 (also jive talk ) a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians. • informal a thing, esp. talk, that is deceptive or worthless: a single image says more than any amount of blather and jive. ▶verb informal 1 [ no obj. ] perform the jive or a similar dance to popular music: people were jiving in the aisles. 2 [ with obj. ] informal taunt or sneer at: Willy kept jiving him until Jimmy left. • [ no obj. ] talk nonsense: he wasn't jiving about that bartender. ▶adjective informal deceitful or worthless. DERIVATIVES jiv er noun, jiv ey adjective ORIGIN 1920s (originally US denoting meaningless or misleading speech ): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz ’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz ’ (1940s ).
Oxford Dictionary
jive
jive |dʒʌɪv | ▶noun 1 a lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll. • [ mass noun ] swing music. • [ mass noun ] a style of dance music popular in South Africa: township jive. 2 (also jive talk ) [ mass noun ] a form of slang associated with black American jazz musicians. • N. Amer. informal deceptive or worthless talk: a single image says more than any amount of blather and jive. ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] perform the jive or a similar dance to popular music: people were jiving in the aisles. 2 [ with obj. ] N. Amer. informal taunt or sneer at: Willy kept jiving him until Jimmy left. • [ no obj. ] talk nonsense: he wasn't jiving about that bartender. ▶adjective N. Amer. informal deceitful or worthless. DERIVATIVES jiver noun, jivey adjective ORIGIN 1920s (originally US denoting meaningless or misleading speech ): of unknown origin; the later musical sense ‘jazz ’ gave rise to ‘dance performed to jazz ’ (1940s ).
Duden Dictionary
Jive
Jive Substantiv, maskulin , der |d͜ʃa͜iv |der Jive; Genitiv: des Jive [s ], Plural: die Jive [s ] englisch jive, Herkunft ungeklärt 1 dem Swing 1b ähnliche Musik 2 gemäßigte Form des Jitterbug als Turniertanz
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
jive
jive /dʒaɪv /名詞 ⦅俗 ⦆1 U C スウィング, ジャイブ 〘速いテンポで踊るダンス 〙; C その音楽 .2 U ⦅主に米 くだけて ⦆でたらめ, たわごと .動詞 自動詞 1 ジャイブを踊る [演奏する ].2 ⦅米 ⦆からかう, 大げさに言う, 意味不明なこと [でたらめ ]を言う .他動詞 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆(ふざけて )…をだまそうとする .