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jive-ass

jive-ass adjective: of or related to jiving, characterized by dishonest foolishness or low-class hustling.

Adjective

jive-ass (comparative more jive-ass, superlative most jive-ass)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang, vulgar) Of or related to jiving, characterized by dishonest foolishness or low-class hustling.
    • He's failed at every jive-ass money hustle he's ever tried.2010, Hot Tub Time Machine, 00:07:35
    • You a damn' fool, you jive-ass turkey!

Noun

jive-ass (plural jive-asses)

  1. (US, slang, vulgar) Synonym of jive turkey.
    • The other guy, Private Appleton, White calls a “Detroit jive-ass” with a chip on his shoulder for everyone.2002, A Bad Attitude: A Novel from the Vietnam War, by Dennis Mansker, page 88
    Synonyms:
    jive turkey

Synonyms of jive-ass

Forms of jive-ass

Adjective
comparativemore jive-ass
superlativemost jive-ass
alternative formjiveass
Noun
pluraljive-asses

Origin of jive-ass

From jive + -ass.

Questions about jive-ass

What does jive-ass mean?
Jive-ass means of or related to jiving, characterized by dishonest foolishness or low-class hustling.
What part of speech is jive-ass?
Jive-ass can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near jive-ass in the dictionary

  1. jivatmas
  2. jive
  3. jive around
  4. jive turkey
  5. jive turkeys
  6. jive-ass
  7. jive-asses
  8. jiveass
  9. jiveasses
  10. jived
  11. jived around

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