Past tense of jive
regular verb
The past tense of jive is jived. The past participle is also jived.
Forms of jive
| Base form (V1) | jive /ˈd͡ʒaɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | jived /d͡ʒaɪvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | jived /d͡ʒaɪvd/ |
| Present participle | jiving /ˈd͡ʒaɪvɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | jives /d͡ʒaɪvz/ |
Jived in a sentence
- Man, I love sitting back and listening to some jived out G-funk!From the entry G-funk
Meaning of jive
- verb To deceive; to be deceptive.
- verb To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
- verb To speak in jive (jazz or hipster slang).
Questions about the past tense of jive
- What is the past tense of jive?
- The past tense of jive is jived.
- What is the past participle of jive?
- The past participle of jive is jived.
- Is jive a regular or irregular verb?
- Jive is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jive (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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