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How to use jive in a sentence

11 example sentences · verb, noun

Jive means to deceive; to be deceptive. Example: “Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!”

Examples of jive by meaning

verbTo deceive; to be deceptive.

  • Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!
  • It's the year when all of the white politicians will be back in the so-called Negro community jiving you and me for some votes.1964, Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet

verbTo 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
  • Jive a bit if I'm pissed enough."2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 212

nounSynonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.

  • Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.

More sentences with jive

  • Man, I love sitting back and listening to some jived out G-funk!From the entry G-funk
  • Don't gimmie that jive maaan, quit shucken ' me, you must be in love with her!1974, Red Jordan Arobateau, Jailhouse Stud, page 80. From the entry maaan
  • Jive music and tea were the two most important components of the hipster's life.1948 June, Anatole Broyard, “A Portrait of the Hipster”, in Partisan Review. From the entry tea
  • It's the Mecca of jazz and jive.'1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 52. From the entry shag
  • The dozen or so couples were walking and jiving to their tables and the crimson light was turned off under the glass dance-floor.1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 55. From the entry witch ball
  • Old Satchmo is back on the Main Drag and is gonna be beatin' out-ta mess o' righteous jive at the shpo-shoo spot until the early brights.1944 December 8, “Broadway Jam Session”, in The Tampa Times. From the entry early bright

Meaning of jive

  1. verb To deceive; to be deceptive.
  2. verb To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.
  3. verb To speak in jive (jazz or hipster slang).

Full definition of jive

Questions about jive in a sentence

How do you use jive in a sentence?
Jive is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Don’t try to jive me! I know where you were last night!”
What is a short sentence with jive?
“It's the Mecca of jazz and jive.'”
What does jive mean?
Jive means to deceive; to be deceptive.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jive (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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