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jive

1 noun
     
Related topics: Dance
jive1
1APD [uncountable and countable] a very fast dance, popular especially in the 1930s and 1940s, performed to fast jazz music
2 [uncountable] American English informal statements that you do not believe are true:
Don't give me any of that jive!
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