verb
- to dance to jazz or swing music
- to agree or be in harmony with something
- to talk in a misleading or deceptive way
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: slang
noun
- a lively style of dance performed to jazz music
- misleading or deceptive talk
Usage: slang
Examples
- The couple jives to the upbeat jazz music.
- His story doesn’t jive with what the witnesses said.
- Don’t jive me – tell me the truth.
- They learned several jives at the dance class.
- Stop talking jive and give me the facts.
- The band played while everyone jives on the dance floor.
- Her explanation jives with the evidence we found.