jive

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (US, colloquial, intransitive, transitive) To deceive; to be deceptive.
2. (colloquial, intransitive) 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, countable, uncountable) Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
5. (US, colloquial, countable, derogatory, often, uncountable) African-American Vernacular English.

Conceptos

palabreo

faramalla

hojarasca

badajada

broza

palabrería

borra

menear el bote

engañar

mentir

cuento chino

bailar

💃

Sinónimos

balderdash

eyewash

idle talk

kid

🧒

swing

swing music

tease

wind

idle gossip

idle chit-chat

mindless ranting

jitterbug

lie

nonsense

prevaricate

tell a lie

bullshit

cajole

fast dance

cheat

talk nonsense

fib

fool

fool around

talk

🗣️

chatter

Traducciones

geraaskal

papotage

sornettes

parlotte

conversa fiada

bavardage

délayage

parlote

phraséologie

verbalisme

verbiage

chiacchiere

dansen

💃

misleiden

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒaɪv/

Etimología (Inglés)

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 Wolof jev, jeu (“to talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner”).