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jivest

jivest is the superlative form of jive.

Meaning of jive

Verb

jive (third-person singular simple present jives, present participle jiving, simple past and past participle jived)

  1. (US, colloquial, intransitive, transitive) To deceive; to be deceptive.
    • Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
    • You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life; ooh, see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen!1976, “Dancing Queen”, performed by ABBA
  3. (intransitive) To speak in jive (jazz or hipster slang).

See all 10 meanings of jive

Questions about jivest

What is jivest the superlative form of?
Jivest is the superlative form of jive.

Words near jivest in the dictionary

  1. Jiverly
  2. Jiverlys
  3. jivers
  4. jives
  5. jives around
  6. jivest
  7. jivey
  8. Jividen
  9. Jividens
  10. jivier
  11. jiviest

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