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jive turkeys

jive turkeys is the plural of jive turkey.

Meaning of jive turkey

Noun

jive turkey (plural jive turkeys)

  1. (US, dated, derogatory, idiomatic, slang, African-American Vernacular) A fool, a chump, a target for jiving.
    • [1970s school principal:] You girls better get with what's going down! I am not a jive turkey and this school is not a jive turkey! Any questions?1989, Lynda Barry, “String Heads”, in Ernie Pook's Comeek
  2. (US, dated, idiomatic, slang) Someone who performs the jive dance, especially in an amusing or showy manner.
  3. (US, dated, idiomatic, slang) Someone who behaves in a glib and disingenuous fashion, a jiver.

Questions about jive turkeys

What is jive turkeys the plural of?
Jive turkeys is the plural of jive turkey.

Words near jive turkeys in the dictionary

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

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