JIVE


Meaning of JIVE in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a jerky lively style of dance esp. popular in the 1950s. 2 music for this.

v.intr. 1 dance the jive. 2 play jive music. jiver n.

[ 20th c.: orig. uncert. ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.