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jivey

jivey adjective: characteristic of jive music.

Adjective

jivey (comparative jivier, superlative jiviest)

  1. Characteristic of jive music.
  2. bogus
    • The plaza also allows for sociability with the downstairs neighbor, Simon (Tony Hale), a jivey video store owner whose obsolete livelihood means that he has time on his hands.2007 March 15, Virginia Heffernan, “With a Couch Potato’s Style, Private Eye Works the Mall”, in New York Times

Forms of jivey

comparativejivier
superlativejiviest

Origin of jivey

From jive + -y.

Questions about jivey

What does jivey mean?
Jivey means characteristic of jive music.
What part of speech is jivey?
Jivey is an adjective.

Words near jivey in the dictionary

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

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